Open AccessWhy knowing healthy controls matters
Author(s) -
Pavletic Adriana J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1742-1241
pISSN - 1368-5031
DOI - 10.1111/ijcp.13424
Subject(s) - medicine , interpretation (philosophy) , medline , computer science , programming language , law , political science
Summary Although healthy volunteers often serve as controls or primary participants in neuroscience research, they are usually less rigorously screened than patients, which can have far‐reaching implications for interpretation of study results. Although this issue has long been recognised, it is rarely discussed in the research literature. This article examines how the rigorous screening and characterisation of healthy volunteers is key for quality research.