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"Why & How" Seminar Series

Calendar 2009-10:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
Nov 5, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
Nov 19, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
Dec 3, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
Dec 17, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
Jan 14/21, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
Feb 4, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
Feb 18, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
March 4, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204
March 18, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
April 2, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
April 16, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
May 6, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A
May 20, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204			N/A

Calendar 2008-09:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
Nov 6, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Adrian KC Lee [1]	Why do we need to know about Linear Algebra?	N/A	PDF
Nov 20, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Emily Israeli (eisraeli@nmr)	How do we use MATLAB? -- an introductory session.	N/A	PDF ZIP
Dec 4, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Lilla Zollei [2]	Why do we have so many brain coordinate systems?	N/A	PDF
Dec 18, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Allison Stevens [3]	How to use Freesurfer?	N/A	PDF
Jan 15, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Marco Loggia [4]	By the way, where is the fornix? An introduction to gross neuroanatomy	N/A	PDF
Feb 5, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Lilla Zollei [5]	Intro to basic statistics	N/A	PDF
Feb 19, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Katie Handwerger [6]	SPSS tutorial	N/A	PDF
March 5, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Aapo Nummenmaa [7]	Why is it called a current dipole?	Cohen.PDF	PDF1 PDF2
March 19, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Daniel Goldenholz [8]	How do we analyze MEG data?	N/A	PDF
April 2, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Nick Schmansky [9]	How do you use Qdec for group analysis of morphometric data?	N/A	PDF
April 30, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Rudolph Pienaar [10]	What is the physics behind MRI?	N/A	PDF1 PDF2
May 7, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Adrian KC Lee [11]	Why do we need Signal Processing N How do we conceptualize it?	N/A	PDF
May 21, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Ed Vul [12]	Discussion on "Voodoo Correlations"	N/A	PDF

To facilitate discussion on Ed Vul's paper, we have made the following papers / links available:

Vul et al (2009), "Puzzlingly high correlations in fMRI studies of emotion, personality and social cognition," Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(3):274-290. (formerly known as "Voodoo Correlations" paper)

Lieberman et al (in press), "Correlations in social neuroscience aren't voodoo: A reply to Vul et al," Perspectives on Psychological Science

Vul et al (2009), "Reply to Comments on 'Puzzlingly high correlations in fMRI studies of emotion, personality and social cognition", 4(3):319-324.

Vul and Kanwisher (in press), "Begging the Question: The Non-Independence Error in fMRI Data Analysis." in Hanson & Brunzl (eds.), Foundations and Philosophy for Neuroimaging.

Jabbi et al, "Response to 'Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience' by Vul et al. - summary information for the press"

Slides from Bob Cox (NIMH) discussion on Voodoo Correlations

For more rebuttals on the Voodoo correlations paper, please visit Ed Vul's website.

Organizers: Adrian KC Lee (akclee@nmr), Lilla Zollei (lzollei@nmr) Mailing List: https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/whynhow