Abstract
The advent of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of brain function 20 years ago has provided a new methodology for non-invasive measurement of brain function that is now widely used in cognitive neuroscience. Traditionally, fMRI data has been analyzed looking for overall activity changes in brain regions in response to a stimulus or a cognitive task. Now, recent developments have introduced more elaborate, content-based analysis techniques. When multivariate decoding is applied to the detailed patterning of regionally-specific fMRI signals, it can be used to assess the amount of information these encode about specific task-variables. Here we provide an overview over several developments, spanning from applications in cognitive neuroscience (perception, attention, reward, decision making, emotional communication) to methodology (information flow, surface-based searchlight decoding) and medical diagnostics.
Translated title of the contribution | Multivariate decoding of fMRI data: On the way to a contents-based cognitive neuroscience |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 160-177 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Neuroforum |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - Feb 2012 |
Keywords
- Decision making
- Functional neuroimaging
- Information flow
- Multivariate decodierung
- Perceptional learning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology