The impact of certain methodological choices on multivariate analysis of fMRI data with support vector machines

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 1159 - 1167
• Main Authors: Etzel, Joset A., Valchev, Nikola, Keysers, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.01.2011; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Actors; Brain; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Classification; Compression; Data processing; Experiments; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Methods; Multivariate analysis; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Studies

Multivoxel pattern analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data is continuing to increase in popularity. Like all fMRI analyses, these analyses require extensive data processing and methodological choices, but the impact of these decisions on the final results is not always known. T...