Scientific Life: My Word
What is the most interesting part of the brain?

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Creative ideas and rigorous analysis are the hallmarks of much impactful science. However, there is an oft-aired suspicion in the neuroscience community that some scientists start with an advantage, simply because of the brain region or behaviour they study. We tested this unstated hypothesis by regressing the journal impact factor against both the pattern of brain activity and the experimental keywords across thousands of brain imaging studies. We found the results to be illuminating.

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We would like to thank Karla Miller for sleeping late one morning, leaving Tim and Steve a bit bored; and Saad Jbabdi for making the brains look pretty. The BrainMap database was supported by NIMH grants R01-MH074457 and R01-MH084812.

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Present address: Department of Physics, Florida International University, Modesto Maidique Campus, Miani, FL 33199, USA.

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