Algorithms of causal inference for the analysis of effective connectivity among brain regions

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Chicharro, Daniel ^a   Panzeri, Stefano ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain effective connectivity; Causal inference; Dynamic Causal Models; Granger causality; Graphical models; Latent processes; Pearl causality; Spatial aggregation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CAUSAL INFERENCE; CONNECTOME; GRANGER CAUSALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; PEARL CAUSALITY; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 84903696927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00064     Document Type: Article

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