?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Methods+and+Approaches+for+Characterizing+Learning+Related+Changes+Observed+in+functional+MRI+Data+%E2%80%94+A+Review&rft.creator=Bapi%2C+Raju+S.&rft.creator=Pammi%2C+V.+S.+Chandrasekhar&rft.creator=Miyapuram%2C+K.+P.&rft.subject=Brain+Imaging&rft.description=Brain+imaging+data+have+so+far+revealed+a+wealth+of+information+about+neuronal+circuits+involved+in+higher+mental+functions+like+memory%2C+attention%2C+emotion%2C+language+etc.+Our+efforts+are+toward+understanding+the+learning+related+effects+in+brain+activity+during+the+acquisition+of+visuo-motor+sequential+skills.+The+aim+of+this+paper+is+to+survey+various+methods+and+approaches+of+analysis+that+allow+the+characterization+of+learning+related+changes+in+fMRI+data.+Traditional+imaging+analysis+using+the+Statistical+Parametric+Map+(SPM)+approach+averages+out+temporal+changes+and+presents+overall+differences+between+different+stages+of+learning.+We+outline+other+potential+approaches+for+revealing+learning+effects+such+as+statistical+time+series+analysis%2C+modelling+of+haemodynamic+response+function+and+independent+component+analysis.+We+present+example+case+studies+from+our+visuo-motor+sequence+learning+experiments+to+describe+application+of+SPM+and+statistical+time+series+analyses.+Our+review+highlights+that+the+problem+of+characterizing+learning+induced+changes+in+fMRI+data+remains+an+interesting+and+challenging+open+research+problem.&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Nandini&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5145%2F1%2FBapi_ICTN_final.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bapi%2C+Raju+S.+and+Pammi%2C+V.+S.+Chandrasekhar+and+Miyapuram%2C+K.+P.++(2003)+Methods+and+Approaches+for+Characterizing+Learning+Related+Changes+Observed+in+functional+MRI+Data+%E2%80%94+A+Review.++%5BConference+Poster%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5145%2F