@ARTICLE{10.3389/fnhum.2012.00119, AUTHOR={Rousselet, Guillaume and Pernet, Cyril}, TITLE={Improving standards in brain-behavior correlation analyses}, JOURNAL={Frontiers in Human Neuroscience}, VOLUME={6}, YEAR={2012}, URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00119}, DOI={10.3389/fnhum.2012.00119}, ISSN={1662-5161}, ABSTRACT={Associations between two variables, for instance between brain and behavioral measurements, are often studied using correlations, and in particular Pearson correlation. However, Pearson correlation is not robust: outliers can introduce false correlations or mask existing ones. These problems are exacerbated in brain imaging by a widespread lack of control for multiple comparisons, and several issues with data interpretations. We illustrate these important problems associated with brain-behavior correlations, drawing examples from published articles. We make several propositions to alleviate these problems.} }