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Decoding Neural Representational Spaces Using Multivariate Pattern Analysis
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A major challenge for systems neuroscience is to break the neural code. Computational algorithms for encoding information into neural activity and extracting information from measured activity afford understanding of how percepts, memories, thought, and knowledge are represented in patterns of brain activity. The past decade and a half has seen significant advances in the development of methods for decoding human neural activity, such as multivariate pattern classification, representational similarity analysis, hyperalignment, and stimulus-model-based encoding and decoding. This article reviews these advances and integrates neural decoding methods into a common framework organized around the concept of high-dimensional representational spaces.
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- Authors
- Haxby, J. V., Connolly, A. C., & Guntupalli, J. S.
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2014-07-08
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 435-456
- ISSN
- 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1545-4126
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- W2146246269
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- journal article
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- en
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Keywords
- neural decoding, multivariate pattern analysis, representational similarity analysis, hyperalignment, neural coding, representational space, neural code
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain Mapping, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Models, Neurological, Neurons
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