Cluster analysis of activity-time series in motor learning

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  • Daniela Balslev
  • Finn A Nielsen
  • Sally A Frutiger
  • John J Sidtis
  • Torben Robert Bilgrav Christiansen
  • Claus Svarer
  • Stephen Charles Strother
  • David A Rottenberg
  • Lars Kristian Hansen
  • Paulson, Olaf B.
  • I Law
Neuroimaging studies of learning focus on brain areas where the activity changes as a function of time. To circumvent the difficult problem of model selection, we used a data-driven analytic tool, cluster analysis, which extracts representative temporal and spatial patterns from the voxel-time series. The optimal number of clusters was chosen using a cross-validated likelihood method, which highlights the clustering pattern that generalizes best over the subjects. Data were acquired with PET at different time points during practice of a visuomotor task. The results from cluster analysis show practice-related activity in a fronto-parieto-cerebellar network, in agreement with previous studies of motor learning. These voxels were separated from a group of voxels showing an unspecific time-effect and another group of voxels, whose activation was an artifact from smoothing.
Original languageEnglish
JournalHuman Brain Mapping
Volume15
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)135-45
Number of pages11
ISSN1065-9471
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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