ReviewNeuroImage2012
Studying the freely-behaving brain with fMRI.
Review in NeuroImage, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.
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32 citing papers in PubMed.
- Hippocampal patterns and associative memory: Distinct intracranial EEG temporal encoding patterns support memory.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Natural language processing models reveal neural dynamics of human conversation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Decoding semantics from natural speech using human intracranial EEG.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Multisensory integration of speech and gestures in a naturalistic paradigm.Human brain mapping · 2024Article
- How to construct liquid-crystal spectacles to control vision of real-world objects and environments.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
- Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations during music-evoked autobiographical memories in neurotypical older adults.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- High-dimensional Metaverse Platforms and the Virtually Extended Self.Journal of cognition · 2024Article
- Release of cognitive and multimodal MRI data including real-world tasks and hippocampal subfield segmentations.Scientific data · 2023Article
- Posterior hippocampal CA2/3 volume is associated with autobiographical memory recall ability in lower performing individuals.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Synchronous high-amplitude co-fluctuations of functional brain networks during movie-watching.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
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- Interspecies activation correlations reveal functional correspondences between marmoset and human brain areas.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- The Treachery of Images: How Realism Influences Brain and Behavior.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2021Review
- Movies and narratives as naturalistic stimuli in neuroimaging.NeuroImage · 2021Review
- BrainIAK: The Brain Imaging Analysis Kit.Aperture neuro · 2021Article
- Decoding Spatial Memory Retrieval in Cubical Space Using fMRI Signals.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2021Article
- Keep it real: rethinking the primacy of experimental control in cognitive neuroscience.NeuroImage · 2020Article
- A naturalistic neuroimaging database for understanding the brain using ecological stimuli.Scientific data · 2020Article
- No evidence for differences among language regions in their temporal receptive windows.NeuroImage · 2020Article
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Abstract
Given that the brain evolved to function in the real world then it seems reasonable to want to examine how it operates in that context. But of course the world is complex, as are the brain's responses to it, and MRI scanners are inherently restrictive environments. This combination of challenges makes the prospect of studying the freely-behaving brain with fMRI disconcerting to anyone sensible. When designing naturalistic fMRI experiments it is necessary to ensure that the thoughts or behaviours under scrutiny are not unduly perturbed or constrained by the imaging process, while still being amenable to experimental manipulation and control, and result in meaningful and interpretable data. This is difficult to achieve. Here, briefly, and in a highly subjective and selective manner, I consider: why we might want to deploy free-behaviour designs in an fMRI context, how to go about it, review some examples of it in action, and decide finally whether it is worth it (it is).
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