- Growth of Neuroimaging:
- The number of studies using neuroimaging has grown exponentially since the early 1990s.
- The amount of data collected per study has also grown exponentially.
- Modern neuroimaging data analysis is a big data problem.
- Goal of the Note:
- Provide an overview of neuroscience relevant to understanding, analyzing, collecting, and interpreting neuroimaging data.
- What is Neuroscience?
- The multidisciplinary study of the biological basis of behavior.
- Includes disciplines like neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurophysiology, and neuropsychology.
- Has many branches including molecular, cognitive, clinical, computational, developmental, and cultural neuroscience.
- What is Neuroimaging?
- A collection of methods to image the structural, functional, and chemical properties of the central nervous system.
- Used by many disciplines and branches of neuroscience.
- Note Topics:
- Structural and functional organization of the brain.
- Terminology of brain organization.
- Brain networks and communication in the brain.
- Cognition and cognitive domains.
- Principles of magnetic resonance imaging.
- Experimental design and neuroimaging studies.