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ArticleNeuroImage2014

Bayesian multi-task learning for decoding multi-subject neuroimaging data.

Andre F Marquand, Michael Brammer, Steven C R Williams, Orla M Doyle

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Article in NeuroImage, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Andre F MarquandDepartment of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Electronic address: andre.marquand@kcl.ac.uk.
Michael BrammerDepartment of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
Steven C R WilliamsDepartment of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.
Orla M DoyleDepartment of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom.

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Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT088641/Z/09/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decoding models based on pattern recognition (PR) are becoming increasingly important tools for neuroimaging data analysis. In contrast to alternative (mass-univariate) encoding approaches that use hierarchical models to capture inter-subject variability, inter-subject differences are not typically handled efficiently in PR. In this work, we propose to overcome this problem by recasting the decoding problem in a multi-task learning (MTL) framework. In MTL, a single PR model is used to learn different but related "tasks" simultaneously. The primary advantage of MTL is that it makes more efficient use of the data available and leads to more accurate models by making use of the relationships between tasks. In this work, we construct MTL models where each subject is modelled by a separate task. We use a flexible covariance structure to model the relationships between tasks and induce coupling between them using Gaussian process priors. We present an MTL method for classification problems and demonstrate a novel mapping method suitable for PR models. We apply these MTL approaches to classifying many different contrasts in a publicly available fMRI dataset and show that the proposed MTL methods produce higher decoding accuracy and more consistent discriminative activity patterns than currently used techniques. Our results demonstrate that MTL provides a promising method for multi-subject decoding studies by focusing on the commonalities between a group of subjects rather than the idiosyncratic properties of different subjects.

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Artificial IntelligenceBayes TheoremMemory, EpisodicAdolescentAdultAlgorithmsBrain MappingFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMalePattern Recognition, AutomatedPattern Recognition, VisualReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityVisual CortexDecodingFunctional magnetic resonance imagingGaussian processMachine learningMixed effectsMulti-output learningMulti-task learningPattern recognitionRepeated measuresTransfer learning

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PMID24531053
PMCPMC4010954

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