> But scientists generally prefer not to share. Data, after all, is a kind of currency: it helps generate findings, which lead to jobs, money, and professional

> But scientists generally prefer not to share. Data, after all, is a kind of currency: it helps generate findings, which lead to jobs, money, and professional recognition. Researchers are loath to simply give away a commodity they worked hard to acquire. I dare say this is true in neuroscience, but it is not generally true across the sciences. In linguistics and bioinformatics, assembling and publishing a high quality, frequently utilised corpus is prestigious.