Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses, Paula Andrea Aguilera-Otalvaro, Iván Pradilla, Claudia Talero-Gutiérrez, Ángela María Ruiz-Sternberg, Alberto Vélez-van-Meerbeke, Angela María Pinzón-Rondón
Assessment of nutrition and learning skills in children aged 5-11 years old from two elementary schools in Chocó, Colombia
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complexity actions thinking likely reflected functional brain networks independent component analysis ica popular datadriven method compute group differences networks common way investigate network differences based ica maps generated studyspecific samples however approach limits generalizability reproducibility results alternatively network ica templates used date templates exist limited terms functional systems cover propose simple twostep procedure obtain icatemplates corresponding functional brain systems researchers choice step 1 functional system interest needs defined means statistical parameter map input one generate opensource software neurosynth brainmap step 2 map correlated groupica maps provided human connectome project hcp based large sample size uses high quality standardized acquisition procedures hcpprovided icamap highest correlation input map used ica template representing functional system interest example subsequent analyses dual regression provide toolbox complete step 2 suggested procedure demonstrate usage pipeline producing ica templates corresponds motor function nine additional brain functional systems resulting ica maps excellent alignment gray matterwhite matter boundaries brain toolbox generates data two different file formats volumetricbased nifti combined surfacevolumetric files cifti compared 10 existing templates procedure output component maps systematically stronger contribution gray matter ica zvalues compared white matter voxels 910 cases least factor 2 toolbox allows users investigate functional networks interest enhance interpretability reproducibility standardization research investigating functional brain networks