Presenter:  Robert Dougherty
Presentation type:  Symposium
Presentation date/time:  7/26  1:40-2:05
 
Estimating Neural Response Functions with fMRI
 
Robert Dougherty, Stanford University
 
Functional MRI can be used to measure neural responses to systematic stimulus manipulations. Combined with functional localizer techniques such as retinotopy, these neural response functions can be accurately localized and simultaneously estimated in several brain regions. I will describe methods used to measure, localize and analyze neural response functions in the visual system. These methods will be illustrated with examples from our studies on the development of visual motion and text processing in children.