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you can reach us through the little feedback button on the website/emailing us/writing to us here:
email: neurosynthorg@gmail.com
website: compose.neurosynth.org

Sometimes it's the little things. Renamed "uncategoried" to "unreviewed" during extraction. This change was made because of user feedback, so if you notice something that you think could be more clear/easier, let us know!
#neuroscience #openscience #metaanalysis

We will take your answers and incorporate them into our model to better extract that information from articles and make it easier for you to filter/group articles! ⚙️📄 #neuroscience #meta-analysis #openscience

a man is standing in a kitchen with his hands on his chest and asking for help . Alt: Tom Cruise is standing in a kitchen with his hands on his chest and asking for help, saying "Help me, Help you"

A systematic meta-analysis is hard work—and curation is often the hardest part. Y'all know this better than anyone, and we want to make it easier.

What’s one specific piece of information you consistently had to find or extract from every paper?
Tell us about it: tally.so/r/QKVbQG

#neuroscience

Release v0.16.0 · neurostuff/neurostore Release Notes There was a lot of maintance that went on this month, I'll split up the updates for developers versus users Developers compose_pgsql17 container renamed to compose-pgsql17 so a valid...

They say not to make a release on Friday, (I'm they), but who's running a meta-analysis over the weekend anyway?
#meta-analysis #neuroscience #openscience

check out what's new here

github.com/neurostuff/n...

Our paper is published!
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Take a look at the previous post where I described the preprint, I'm too lazy (or efficient?) to re-write it. Besides it was perfect.
#neuroscience #openscience #metaanalysis

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by James D. Kent, Alejandro de la Vega, et al:

Neurosynth Compose: A web-based platform for flexible and reproducible neuroimaging meta-analysis

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

That's me! Here's our website: compose.neurosynth.org

Neurosynth Compose Consultation - James Kent Let's talk about neuroimaging meta-analyses!

There are so many places I haven't been: Rome, Hong Kong, Milwaukee. Help me virtually travel to far-off destinations, and I'll help you with: presentations/consultations/questions about neuroimaging meta-analyses. Signup for a personal meeting with us!

calendly.com/jamesdkent21...
#neuroscience

YouTube video by Neurosynth Organization Neurosynth Compose Town Hall Demo (2026-01-22)

Thanks to everyone that attended our Town hall! Here is the link to the live demo: youtu.be/kpBYaa2fcyE

You can run a reproducible meta-analysis with ZERO CODE, all you need is a dream and an internet connection, and I think that's pretty cool.
#meta-analysis #openscience #neuroscience

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Neurosynth Compose 2026 January Townhall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Neurosynth Compose 2026 January Townhall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

The following phrases are approved for use during our town hall:
"Wow!" "Interesting!" "I've never seen that before!"
Those same phrases are discouraged when describing someone's MRI results.

Choose the right context, join our town hall: bit.ly/ns-townhall

#openscience #neuroskyence

We all love buttons, here's a new one. In addition to running your meta-analysis via a Google Colab notebook or through Docker, you can use AWS to run meta-analyses with a click of a button. That was easy 🔘

try it out: compose.neurosynth.org

#meta-analysis #neuroscience #neuroskyence #openscience

Poster - Cognitive Neuroscience Society March 7 – 10, 2026 Submit a Poster

We'll be at #CNS2026!

Check out our abstract: www.cogneurosociety.org/poster/?id=7...

If you want to talk meta-analyses or extracting structured information from articles (NLP/LLMs) in person, let's connect ☕ (Vancouver March 7th-10th)

#Neuroskyence #Neuroscience #AcademicChatter

If you're intrigued and curious to learn more, join our virtual TownHall January 22nd, 2026. bit.ly/ns-townhall

Hope to see you there!

Big things coming in 2026 🚀:

1️⃣ More support for image-based meta-analysis 🖼️

2️⃣ Categorical and semantic search for studies (e.g., filter by number of participants, task descriptions) 🔍

3️⃣ Explicit filters for PET/VBM 🧠

4️⃣ A searchable gallery of already run meta-analyses (a la O.G. NeuroSynth) 📚

...through LLM assisted extraction of tables into individual analyses! The difference speaks for itself; look at the before and after for this study: compose.neurosynth.org/base-studies...

This is just the beginning!

With 32,820 studies (to date) that you can use for meta-analyses, there are a variety of topics you can study. This wordcloud provides an overview of all the concepts/medical conditions being studied.

And now we make it easier than ever to get the relevant analyses from articles...

Y'all have been busy filling out studies and adding analyses; you have contributed 2351 new usable studies for meta-analysis. And a few users have peer-reviewed articles using our platform, here's one example:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

What else can you study on Neurosynth Compose?

Geographic map showing user density across the globe.

Neurosynth Compose now has 2,600 users across the globe. Is your country represented?

Y'all are doing more than just signing up...

As the year comes to a close, we are taking stock of what we've done and what we are looking forward to in 2026.
(One thing we are looking forward to is our January 22nd TownHall! Register here: bit.ly/ns-townhall).

Keep reading for some fun stats!
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psssst... If you're thinking about doing a #neuroimaging #meta-analysis, our DMs are open. We can provide personalized help to get you up and running.
compose.neurosynth.org

#neuroskyence #neuroscience #openscience

(DMs are also open for soup recipes in this cold weather ❄️🍲)

Neurosynth Compose Quickstart Tutorial Series - YouTube Get started with Neurosynth Compose: https://compose.neurosynth.org/

💡🎥🎭 We have a short video series to help you get a jump-start on your Meta-Analyses! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Mining the neuroimaging literature New tools for literature mining, such as automated analysis of the research literature, are accessible, scalable, and reliable.

Our latest paper outlining our ecosystem of tools for mining the neuroimaging literature, is finally officially published in eLife! doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

OpenNeuro?

You can try AI-Assisted Curation today 👉 compose.neurosynth.org

Read the full blog post for details on validation, schemas, and what’s next:
🔗 neurostuff.github.io/compose-docs...

Feedback + ideas welcome on NeuroStars

This is an ongoing, community-driven effort:

- Evaluation annotations are open on GitHub
- Pipelines are transparent
- Feedback from users helps refine schemas

We welcome contributions for new features to extract, and annotations to evaluate!

Unlike other general-purpose AI review tools, however, we focus specifically on neuroimaging.

We uses expert-designed, validated schemas for neuroimaging — ensuring extracted study details are accurate enough to trust in a meta-analysis.

Instead of digging through PDFs, you’ll see a concise table + detailed study pages with AI-extracted info like:

- Participant counts, age ranges, diagnoses

- Imaging modalities

- Task names, conditions, and design details

This makes PRISMA-compliant screening faster, easier, and transparent.

🚀 New in Neurosynth Compose: AI-Assisted Curation

Curating studies for a neuroimaging meta-analysis usually takes hundreds of hours. Our new feature uses LLMs + zero-shot learning to extract study details directly from full-text articles.

Try it now: 👉 compose.neurosynth.org

We welcome feedback on the preprint, and this serves as the official citiation for any meta-analyses generated on Neurosynth Compose (compose.neurosynth.org)