diff --git a/src/schema/rules/checks/events.yaml b/src/schema/rules/checks/events.yaml
index 01d1a9537d..536423aec7 100644
--- a/src/schema/rules/checks/events.yaml
+++ b/src/schema/rules/checks/events.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ EventsMissing:
     - '!match(entities.task, "rest")'
     - '!intersects([suffix], ["events", "beh"])'
     - extension != ".json"
-    - (datatype != "meg" || entities.subject != "emptyroom")
+    - datatype != "meg" || entities.subject != "emptyroom" && entities.task != "noise"
   checks:
     - '"events" in associations'
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ StimulusFileMissing:
       A stimulus file was declared but not found in the dataset.
     level: error
   selectors:
-    - suffix == "events"
+    - intersects([suffix], ["events", "beh"])
     - columns.stim_file != null
   checks:
     - exists(columns.stim_file, "stimuli") == length(columns.stim_file) - count(columns.stim_file, "n/a")
diff --git a/src/schema/rules/checks/mri.yaml b/src/schema/rules/checks/mri.yaml
index 1aad6d7259..d2eeb001a8 100644
--- a/src/schema/rules/checks/mri.yaml
+++ b/src/schema/rules/checks/mri.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,27 @@ SliceTimingElements:
     - modality == "mri"
     - type(sidecar.SliceTiming) != "null"
     - type(nifti_header) != "null"
+    - type(sidecar.SliceEncodingDirection) == 'null'
   checks:
     - length(sidecar.SliceTiming) == nifti_header.dim[3]
 
+SliceTimingElementsWithDirection:
+  issue:
+    code: SLICETIMING_ELEMENTS
+    message: |
+      The number of elements in the 'SliceTiming' array should match the dimension
+      of the corresponding NIfTI volume matching `SliceEncodingDirection`
+    level: warning
+  selectors:
+    - modality == "mri"
+    - type(sidecar.SliceTiming) != "null"
+    - type(nifti_header) != "null"
+    - sidecar.SliceEncodingDirection
+  checks:
+    - sidecar.SliceEncodingDirection[0] != "i" || length(sidecar.SliceTiming) == nifti_header.dim[1]
+    - sidecar.SliceEncodingDirection[0] != "j" || length(sidecar.SliceTiming) == nifti_header.dim[2]
+    - sidecar.SliceEncodingDirection[0] != "k" || length(sidecar.SliceTiming) == nifti_header.dim[3]
+
 # 93
 EESGreaterThanTRT:
   issue: