Time-resolved searchlight analysis of imagined visual motion using 7 T ultra-high field fMRI: Data on interindividual differences

Thomas C Emmerling*, Jan Zimmermann, Bettina Sorger, Martin Frost, Rainer Goebel

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Abstract

Interindividual differences play a crucial role in research on mental imagery. The inherently private nature of imagery does not allow for the same experimental control that is possible in perception research. Even when there are precise instructions subjects will differ in their particular imagery strategy and, hence, show different brain activations. Here, we show results of a time-resolved searchlight analysis for 12 individual subjects who perform a visual motion imagery task. The data show the spatial and temporal extent of brain areas and time windows that allow for a successful decoding of the direction of imagined motion out of four options. Accuracy maps for six different time windows are shown for every individual subject and are made freely available on NeuroVault. These data accompany the findings in the publication "Decoding the direction of imagined visual motion using 7 T ultra-high field fMRI" (Emmerling et al., 2016) [1].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)468-471
Number of pages4
JournalData in brief
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2016

Keywords

  • Decoding
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging
  • Multi-voxel pattern analysis
  • Ultra-high field MRI
  • Visual mental imagery
  • Searchlight analysis

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