Our lab bought a new server which allows only one network protocol at a time. We can not mount it to both Windows machine and Linux machine at the same time. Right now we can access the server using Windows machine.
The software we are using for fMRI data analysis is AFNI, which works the best on a Linux environment. To get it work with Windows, I found this tutorial document online. If you follow the document exactly, you can have AFNI running on Windows.
There is one problem though. If you run AFNI following the tutorial document, you will not be able to move the AFNI Window around. That's very annoying (test it by yourself and you will know what I mean here).
The solution is very simple: on page 8 of the document, you will see "typing 'startx'- use the standard X Window system ". Do not do that. Type startxwin instead. You will see the difference.
One more thing, on the AFNI download page, it says the afni for cynwin is "not recommended". My colleague Ben Austin contacted the AFNI people asking why is that. Here is the response from afni
Author: Daniel Glen (---.nimh.nih.gov) Date: 03-02-10 13:18
As far as I can tell, the cygwin version of AFNI does not include any of the plug-ins, 3dSkullStrip and the SUMA software (because of problems with OpenGL support). Also I vaguely remember it uses the LessTif library, and menu items in the AFNI GUI sometimes have strange behavior.
If you can not see the tutorial, please click here
选强制继续,结果重启,然后再次停在了同样的地方。此路不通。 那就登录root吧。幸亏我还记得root的密码,可是进去之后干什么呢?于是开始google。很多人说要做fsck,就是File system check。我用fdisk命令查看所有的分区,并且把所有的分区做了check。检查结果说各个分区都没有问题,可是我就是进不去系统。
仔细读了不知多少遍出错信息,都说是fsck.ext3 /dev/sdc3 failed, could not find the device... 意思就是说着不到/dev/sdc3这个设备。我就纳闷儿啊,是啊,我也找不到啊,这个/dev/sdc3到底跑到哪里去了?再说,这机器只有两块硬盘,分被是/dev/sda 和 /dev/sdb。 这个/dev/sdc是啥子啊? 于是我google啊,我找啊,折腾了啊...一直就折腾到了天黑...
什么是时间管理 澄清了上面的观点,下面让我们来看看,所谓的时间管理是什么。英文维基百科上时间管理的定义是:Time management refers to a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals. (时间管理是指完成特定任务,项目和目标是用来管理时间的一系列技能工具与技术。)中文维基百科的定义则为:为人有效的使用时间和用周边的工具来帮助达成目标。这两个定义的共同之处是很明显的亮点:都是为了高效,也都强调了工具。所以,时间管理根本就跟管理无关嘛,根本就是一堆工具。而这两个概念都忽略了一点,就是人。
其实想想,把目光放到时间上去寻找完美,实在是不怎么高明。时间是拿来应用的,不是拿来鉴赏的。人的作息也是可以改变的,不信你去问问出国需要倒时差的人,或者仍有夏令时冬令时变化的国家的人。再说了,与其寻找完美时间,不如创造完美时间。在我看来,最完美的时间就是“Now”——没错,是现在。这个报告什么时候写合适呢?别看表,现在就合适。 当然,“现在”是最佳时间这个观点,不是我的,它来自一本书。我这里有该书的有声版,有兴趣的人可以去听听这本《The Now Habbit》
以哪一本书作为本系列的终结曾经是我思考过的问题。我一度想把Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging作为第100本来发布的,因为它是我自己做成文本PDF的。但转念一想,凡事不必太执着,反正这个心理藏书系列的结束就是突兀的戛然而止,又何必追求结尾的“绚丽”“完美”呢? Handbook of Brain Connectivity 这本书是我正在看的,主要讲的是研究大脑连通性的各种方法、模型和应用的新进展。薄薄的一本书汇集了计算神经科学届诸位大牛们的最新研究进展,是学习认知神经科学的人不可错过的一本好书。希望这书与各位有益。
目录
Table of contents
Part I. Principles Underlying Structural and Functional Brain Connectivity
1. Neuronal Dynamics and Brain Connectivity Michael Breakspear, Viktor K Jirsa
2. Time Delays in Neural Systems Sue Ann Campbell
3. Connectivity and Dynamics in Local Cortical Networks John M Beggs, Jeffrey Klukas, Wei Chen
4. Structural Determinants of Functional Brain Dynamics Olaf Sporns, Giulio Tononi
5. Anatomical Concepts of Brain Connectivity Rolf Kötter
Part II. Technology of Structural and Functional Brain Imaging
6. Primer on Electroencephalography for Functional Connectivity Thomas C Ferree, Paul L Nunez
7. Functional Imaging of Brain Activity and Connectivity with MEG Felix Darvas, Richard M Leahy
8. Insights into Brain Connectivity Using Quantitative MRI Measures of White Matter Andrew L Alexander, Nancy J Lobaugh
Part III. Analysis and Measures of Brain Connectivity
9. Simulation Frameworks for Large-Scale Brain Systems Barry Horwitz, Fatima T Husain
10. Models of Effective Connectivity in Neural Systems Klaas Enno Stephan, Karl J Friston
11. Multichannel Data Analysis in Biomedical Research Maciej Kaminski
12. Beamforming and Its Applications to Brain Connectivity Armin Fuchs
13. Frequency-Dependent Functional Connectivity Analysis of fMRI Data in Fourier and Wavelet Domains R Salvador, S Achard, ET Bullmore
Part IV. Behavioral, Developmental and Clinical Applications
14. The Role of Neural Context in Large-Scale Neurocognitive Network Operations Steven L Bressler, Anthony R McIntosh
15. Neural Coordination Dynamics of Human Sensorimotor Behavior: A Review Kelly J Jantzen, JA Scott Kelso
16. Maturation of Structural and Functional Connectivity in the Human Brain Tomáš Paus
17. Brain Connectivity and the Spread of Epileptic Seizures John G Milton, Sozari A Chkhenkeli, Vernon L Towle
18. Large Scale Brain Dynamics and Connectivity in the Minimally Conscious State Nicholas D Schiff
今天去了Medical college of Georgia (MCG),去那里做下一次实验前的最后一次调试。回来的路上同Cindy聊天,说道电脑越来越小的同时,人们却追求显示器越来越大。而人们同电脑的交流也仍无法摆脱键盘鼠标。Netbook牺牲了屏幕大小,而比鼠标还小的电脑却仍然离不开鼠标的支持。电脑主机的便携与不能再小了的键盘和鼠标,与越做越大的显示器之间矛盾也越来越明显。如果我们仍是用手做输入的主力,且追求视觉项少的话,那么小电脑与输入输出设备之间的不平衡就很难调和。除非新的输入输出方式的出现。接着我就想到了且些日子看过的一个来自TED的视频,正是讲这种新型的输入输出方法的。这就是MIT媒体实验室的SixthSense Project(英文). 请看下面的视频: