Workshop – Brain “decoding”: Classifying and predicting mental states from brain activity

by cp2530 on August 26, 2010

Title: Workshop – Brain “decoding”: Classifying and predicting mental states from brain activity
Location: 501 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
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Description: This workshop is part of the Department of Statistics special focus series on Statistical Methods in Neuroscience.

There is a growing interest in using fMRI data as a tool for classification of mental disorders, brain-based nosology and predicting the early onset of disease. In addition, there has been growing interest in developing methods for predicting stimuli directly from functional data; thus allowing for the possibility to infer information from the scans about the subjects thought process and use brain activation patterns to characterize subjective human experience. This workshop brings together a number of leaders in the field on discuss their research on the area.

Admission is free, though the event coordinators ask that you register in advance. The deadline for registration is noon on Friday, September 17.
Start Time: 12:30
Date: 2010-09-24
End Time: 17:30

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