The Functional Localizer Dataset

The Functional Localizer is a simple and fast acquisition procedure based on a 5-minute functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) sequence that can be run as easily and as systematically as an anatomical scan. This protocol captures the cerebral bases of auditory and visual perception, motor actions, reading, language comprehension and mental calculation at an individual level. Individual functional maps are reliable and quite precise.

Massively univariate analysis of a motor task from the Localizer dataset


This example shows the results obtained in a massively univariate analysis performed at the inter-subject level with various methods. We use the [left button press (auditory cue)] task from the Localizer dataset and seek association between the contrast values and a variate that measures the speed of pseudo-word reading. No confounding variate is included in the model.
  1. A standard Anova is performed. Data smoothed at 5 voxels FWHM are used.
  2. A permuted Ordinary Least Squares algorithm is run at each voxel. Data smoothed at 5 voxels FWHM are used.



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