Project Overview

Project Overview

The motivation behind this project is the desire to learn and improve the software involved in neuroimaging and mind reading. To accomplish this Group 5 will further the skill of Matlab programming and data analysis. The data from the volunteers who viewed nature clips and Chaplin movie clips will be analyzed. The major task will be: expanding upon existing analysis algorithms. Some technical challenges Group 5 expects to encounter are: coding difficulties, logical problems and computational efficiency. The desired outcome is an efficient and accurate program for analyzing brain scan data.

FAQ

Q: What is EEG?
A: According to the MayoClinic, an electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that detects electrical activity in your brain using small, flat metal discs (electrodes) attached to your scalp. Your brain cells communicate via electrical impulses and are active all the time.

 Q: What is MEG?
A: According to web.mit.edu, magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive neurophysiological technique that measures the magnetic fields generated by neuronal activity of the brain. The spatial distributions of the magnetic fields are analyzed to localize the sources of the activity within the brain, and the locations of the sources are superimposed on anatomical images, such as MRI, to provide information about both the structure and function of the brain. 

 Q: What part of the brain should be analyzed? 
A: Multiple probes from each section of the brain should be analyzed to follow the pathway of the brain processing the video clip.


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