Misconceptions in the use of the General Linear Model applied to functional MRI: A tutorial for junior neuro-imagers

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 JAN, 2014, Pages

  Pernet, Cyril R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline; Derivatives; FMRI; GLM; Modeling; Percentage signal change

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERAL LINEAR MODEL; HEMODYNAMICS; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84898021858     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00001     Document Type: Review

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