Assignment 1 (due Jan. 16)

  1. As a group, identify 3 to 4 related datasets from the fMRI Data Center that you would like to analyze and compare.
  2. Summarize information about the original experimental design
    1. What were the experimental conditions?
    2. Were the data analyzed as a "block-design" or as an "event-related" design?
    3. How were the conditions compared?
    4. How were the data preprocessed?
    5. How might the data have been analyzed differently?
    6. What are the analyses you would like to perform, and how do these compare with the original analyses? (Note: replication of the analysis is a suitable objective)
    7. How would you like to compare the studies?