Community-recommended practices for collecting physiological data in functional MRI: The “Physiopy” approach
The practice of combining neuroimaging data with concurrent physiological data is crucial for interpreting neuroimaging results, yet it is often overlooked. The barriers to collecting and using physiological data often stem from the cost and complexity of the extra equipment needed and, more importantly, from the lack of expertise and knowledge required to collect, assess, analyze, and integrate such data. Consequently, the use of physiological data is still uncommon outside of a few specialized groups or centers. To improve the uptake of concurrent physiological and neuroimaging data collection practice, as well as the quality and consistency of physiological recordings collected within neuroimaging settings, the Physiopy community is compiling and maintaining a live, open-access, collaborative set of community practices describing physiological data acquisition, its processing, and its usage in neuroimaging. We present here the methods used to compile this resource, as well as its aims and its future development.
Authors
- Patrícia Figueiredo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7827-9350)
- Ian D. Driver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6815-0134)
- Kevin P. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8819-7834)
- Roza G. Bayrak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7197-1248)
- Rebecca G. Clements (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4787-1124)
- Sarah E. Goodale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0460-6299)
- Kristina M. Zvolanek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2239-7902)
- Joana Medeiros Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-259X)
- Rachael Stickland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-4272)
- Marie-Ève Picard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2412-7829)
- Stefano Moia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2553-3327)
- Inês Esteves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7082-0026)
- Molly Bright
- Mary Jo Miedema
- Daniel R. Glen
- Johanna M.M. Bayer
- The Physiopy Community
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (ES)
- Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Aperture Neuro
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.52294/001c.155157
- Primary Topic
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00