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Functional brain imaging can be used to map the neural systems that underlie human behaviour. To probe the intrinsic complexity of the human mind and brain, a large repertoire of highly sophisticated behavioural challenges are used in imaging research. In patterns as varied and complex as the behaviours by which they are elicited, activations are reported in any and all brain areas. Describing this experimental corpus by context and content is the logical prelude to any attempt to interpret, compare or combine data across studies or centres.
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The development of BrainMap was supported by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Mental Health, the Human Brain Project and the EJLB Foundation. We thank S. Petersen, J. Xiong and L. Parsons for much helpful advice in BrainMap design and logistics. We thank A. Hecker, P. Kochunov and S. Mikiten for development of software for BrainMap and the Talairach Daemon. We thank S. Fox and M. Crank for extensive testing of the BrainMap coding scheme for designing and developing BrainMap training tools and procedures.
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Fox, P., Lancaster, J. Mapping context and content: the BrainMap model. Nat Rev Neurosci 3, 319–321 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn789
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