Examining
neurological patients with brain injury is one of the standard methods
used in cognitive neuroscience to understand the relationship between
anatomy and behaviour. The
workshop aims to provide participants with the technique of modern
lesion delineation and statistical analysis in neurological patients
with brain injury.
On the first day, the
workshop will give a theoretical as well as a hands-on practical
introduction to modern lesion analysis techniques, spanning from
lesion-delineation using a (semi)-automated lesion delineation
technique over to the use of statistical approaches that provide a
precise and valid localization of ‘critical’ brain areas in
humans.
On the second day, we will talk about limitations of traditional univariate lesion analysis and introduce new advanced multivariate techniques as well as tools to perform them. Finally, we will demonstrate, how Matlab can be used to perform basic image processing of clinical data and address the statistical procedures to analyse single stroke patients.