Episode 96 -- Russell Poldrack

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Russell Poldrack (UT Austin) discusses how cognitive fMRI studies are evolving  from a focus on "blobology" to the new emphasis on data mining methods that focus on network connectivity.  He introduces the idea of phenomics as applied to cognitive phenotypes, and the virtues of data sharing in functional studies of cognition.

Duration: 38 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Salma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.