As neuroimaging turns toward data-intensive discovery, researchers in the field must learn to access, manage, and analyze datasets at unprecedented scales. Concerns about reproducibility and increased rigor in reporting of scientific results also demand higher standards of computational practice. This book offers neuroimaging researchers an introduction to data science, presenting methods, tools, and approaches that facilitate automated, reproducible, and scalable analysis and understanding of data. Through guided, hands-on explorations of openly available neuroimaging datasets, the book explains such elements of data science as programming, data management, visualization, and machine learning, and describes their application to neuroimaging. Readers will come away with broadly relevant data science skills that they can easily translate to their own questions.
鈥 Fills the need for an authoritative resource on data science for neuroimaging researchers
鈥 Strong emphasis on programming
鈥 Provides extensive code examples written in the Python programming language
鈥 Draws on openly available neuroimaging datasets for examples
鈥 Written entirely in the Jupyter notebook format, so the code examples can be executed, modified, and re-executed as part of the learning process
Ariel Rokem is research associate professor at the University of Washington Department of Psychology and Data Science Fellow at the University of Washington eScience Institute. He is a contributor to Python open-source tools for scientific computing and directs the NIH-funded Summer Institute for Neuroimaging and Data Science. Tal Yarkoni is a data scientist and research professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. His academic work focuses on developing new tools and methods for the analysis of psychology and neuroimaging data.
"I would absolutely recommend this book, not just for those wanting to do neuroimagining analyses, but for anyone who wants to do any serious scientific computing using Python. The well-selected exercises ensure that both undergraduate and graduate students will find engaging and thorough learning experiences throughout this book."鈥擩onathan Shock, Mathemafrica
鈥淚n seven chapters, each chapter building on the previous ones, the book lays out comprehensive coverage of basic material needed for a start in neuroimaging data science. Going through the book will give all students a foundational overview of data science techniques and tools. The authors do a good job of showing examples and accompany the information with an Jupyterbook available online that students can easily follow and work on interactively on their own computer.鈥濃擲atrajit Ghosh, MIT
鈥淚 really like this book. The mix of topics is great and the book could serve as an excellent introductory text on key ideas around data science, neuroscience, brain imaging, and computing. The style is very approachable, and the exercises in code allow readers to dive straight in.鈥濃擠enis Schluppeck, University of Nottingham
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