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Principles of Functional Neuroimaging - Martin Lindquist, Johns Hopkins University

August 17, 2015
Keywords:
  • fMRI
  • MRI
  • EEG
  • MEG
  • BOLD fMRI
  • Pet Scans
  • Diffusion Tensor Imaging
  • Functional neuroimaging
  • Structural Neuroimaging
Abstract
Functional neuroimaging can be used to investigate the living, functioning human brain as people perform tasks and experience mental states. It is a convergence point for multidisciplinary work from many disciplines. Psychologists, statisticians, physicists, computer scientists, neuroscientists, medical researchers, behavioral scientists, engineers, public health researchers, biologists, and others are coming together to advance our understanding of the human mind and brain. In this talk we introduce various functional neuroimaging techniques, including positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and magnetoencephalography (MEG). We will particularly focus on data acquisition, experimental design, analysis, and how these techniques can be used to perform inferences about brain and mind.