The decoding toolbox (TDT): A versatile software package for multivariate analyses of functional imaging data

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Hebart, Martin N ^a,b,c   Görgen, Kai ^b,d   Haynes, John Dylan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decoding; FMRI; Multivariate pattern analysis; Pattern classification; Representational similarity analysis; Searchlight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DECODING TOOLBOX; ERROR; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; READING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84920565976     PISSN: 16625196     EISSN: 16625196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00088     Document Type: Article

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