MATLAB for Neuroscientists serves as the only complete study manual and teaching resource for MATLAB, the globally accepted standard for scientific computing, in the neurosciences and psychology. This unique introduction can be used to learn the entire empirical and experimental process (including stimulus generation, experimental control, data collection, data analysis, modeling, and more), and the 2nd Edition continues to ensure that a wide variety of computational problems can be addressed in a single programming environment.
This updated edition features additional material on the creation of visual stimuli, advanced psychophysics, analysis of LFP data, choice probabilities, synchrony, and advanced spectral analysis. Users at a variety of levels—advanced undergraduates, beginning graduate students, and researchers looking to modernize their skills—will learn to design and implement their own analytical tools, and gain the fluency required to meet the computational needs of neuroscience practitioners.
Key Features
- The first complete volume on MATLAB focusing on neuroscience and psychology applications
- Problem-based approach with many examples from neuroscience and cognitive psychology using real data
- Illustrated in full color throughout
- Careful tutorial approach, by authors who are award-winning educators with strong teaching experience
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
About the Authors
How to Use this Book
Structural and Conceptual Considerations
Layout and Style
Companion Web Site
Part I: Fundamentals
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. MATLAB Tutorial
2.1 Goal of this Chapter
2.2 Purpose and Philosophy of MATLAB
2.3 Graphics and Visualization
2.4 Function and Scripts
2.5 Data Analysis
2.6 A Word on Function Handles
2.7 The Function Browser
2.8 Summary
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Chapter 3. Mathematics and Statistics Tutorial
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Linear Algebra
3.3 Probability and Statistics
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Chapter 4. Programming Tutorial: Principles and Best Practices
4.1 Goals of this Chapter
4.2 Organizing Code
4.3 Organizing More Code: Bigger Projects
4.4 Taming Errors
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Chapter 5. Visualization and Documentation Tutorial
5.1 Goals of This Chapter
5.2 Visualization
5.3 Documentation
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Part II: Data Collection with MATLAB
Chapter 6. Collecting Reaction Times I: Visual Search and Pop Out
6.1 Goals of this Chapter
6.2 Background
6.3 Exercises
6.4 Project
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Chapter 7. Collecting Reaction Times II: Attention
7.1 Goals of this Chapter
7.2 Background
7.3 Exercises
7.4 Project
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Chapter 8. Psychophysics
8.1 Goals of this Chapter
8.2 Background
8.3 Exercises
8.4 Project
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Chapter 9. Psychophysics with GUIs
Abstract
9.1 Goals of This Chapter
9.2 Introduction and Background
9.3 GUI Basics
9.4 Using a GUI to Track an IP Address
9.5 Using a GUI for Psychophysics
9.6 Project
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Chapter 10. Signal Detection Theory
10.1 Goals of This Chapter
10.2 Background
10.3 Exercises
10.4 Project
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Part III: Data Analysis with MATLAB
Chapter 11. Frequency Analysis Part I: Fourier Decomposition
11.1 Goals of this Chapter
11.2 Background
11.3 Exercises
11.4 Project
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Chapter 12. Frequency Analysis Part II: Nonstationary Signals and Spectrograms
12.1 Goal of this Chapter
12.2 Background
12.3 Exercises
12.4 Project
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Chapter 13. Wavelets
13.1 Goals of This Chapter
13.2 Background
13.3 Exercises
13.4 Project
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Chapter 14. Introduction to Phase Plane Analysis
14.1 Goal of this Chapter
14.2 Background
14.3 Exercises
14.4 Project
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Chapter 15. Exploring the Fitzhugh-Nagumo Model
15.1 Goal of this Chapter
15.2 Background
15.3 Exercises
15.4 Project
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Chapter 16. Convolution
16.1 Goals of this Chapter
16.2 Background
16.3 Exercises
16.4 Project
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Chapter 17. Neural Data Analysis I: Encoding
17.1 Goals of this Chapter
17.2 Background
17.3 Exercises
17.4 Project
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Chapter 18. Neural Data Analysis II: Binned Spike Data
18.1 Goals of this Chapter
18.2 Background
18.3 Exercises
18.4 Project
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Chapter 19. Principal Components Analysis
19.1 Goals of this Chapter
19.2 Background
19.3 Exercises
19.4 Project
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Chapter 20. Information Theory
20.1 Goals of this Chapter
20.2 Background
20.3 Exercises
20.4 Project
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Chapter 21. Neural Decoding I: Discrete Variables
21.1 Goals of this Chapter
21.2 Background
21.3 Exercises
21.4 Project
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Chapter 22. Neural Decoding II: Continuous Variables
22.1 Goals of This Chapter
22.2 Background
22.3 Exercises
22.4 Project
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Chapter 23. Local Field Potentials
23.1 Goals of This Chapter
23.2 Background
23.3 Exercises
23.4 Project
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Chapter 24. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
24.1 Goals of This Chapter
24.2 Background
24.3 Exercises
24.4 Project
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Part IV: Data Modeling with MATLAB
Chapter 25. Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
25.1 Goal of This Chapter
25.2 Background
25.3 Exercises
25.4 Project
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Chapter 26. Synaptic Transmission
26.1 Goals of This Chapter
26.2 Background
26.3 Exercises
26.4 Project
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Chapter 27. Modeling a Single Neuron
27.1 Goal of This Chapter
27.2 Background
27.3 Exercises
27.4 Project
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Chapter 28. Models of the Retina
28.1 Goal of This Chapter
28.2 Background
28.3 Exercises
28.4 Project
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Chapter 29. Simplified Model of Spiking Neurons
29.1 Goal of This Chapter
29.2 Background
29.3 Exercises
29.4 Project
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Chapter 30. Fitzhugh-Nagumo Model: Traveling Waves
30.1 Goals of This Chapter
30.2 Background
30.3 Exercises
30.4 Project
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Chapter 31. Decision Theory
31.1 Goals of this Chapter
31.2 Background
31.3 Simple Accumulation of Evidence
31.4 Free Response Tasks
31.5 Multiple Iterators: The Race Model
31.6 Cortical Models
31.7 Project
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Chapter 32. Markov Models
32.1 Goal of this Chapter
32.2 Introduction
32.3 Finding the Most Probable Path: The Viterbi Algorithm
32.4 Hidden Markov Models
32.5 Training an HMM: The Baum-Welch Algorithm
32.6 A Simple Example
32.7 Project
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Chapter 33. Modeling Spike Trains as a Poisson Process
33.1 Goals of this Chapter
33.2 Background
33.3 The Bernoulli Process: Events in Discrete Time
33.4 The Poisson Process: Events in Continuous Time
33.5 Picking Random Variables Without the Statistics Toolbox
33.6 Non-Homogeneous Poisson Processes: Time-Varying Rates of Activity
33.7 Project
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Chapter 34. Exploring the Wilson-Cowan Equations
34.1 Goal of This Chapter
34.2 Background
34.3 The Model
34.4 Exercises
34.5 Projects
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Chapter 35. Neural Networks as Forest Fires: Stochastic Neurodynamics
35.1 Goals of This Chapter
35.2 Background
35.3 Exercises
35.4 Projects
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Chapter 36. Neural Networks Part I: Unsupervised Learning
36.1 Goals of This Chapter
36.2 Background
36.3 Exercises
36.4 Project
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Chapter 37. Neural Networks Part II: Supervised Learning
37.1 Goals of This Chapter
37.2 Background
37.3 Exercises
37.4 Project
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Appendix A. Creating Publication-Quality Figures
A.1 Introduction
A.2 Figure Makeovers
A.3 Saving Figures in the Desired Format
A.4 How to Make Animated GIFs
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Appendix B. Relevant Toolboxes
B.1 The Concept of Toolboxes
B.2 Neural Network Toolbox
B.3 Parallel Computing Toolbox
B.4 Statistics Toolbox
B.5 MATLAB Compiler
B.6 Database Toolbox
B.7 Signal Processing Toolbox
B.8 Data Acquisition Toolbox
B.9 Image Processing Toolbox
B.10 Psychophysics Toolbox and MGL
B.11 Chronux
B.12 Mathworks File Exchange
References
Index
- Chapter Materials
- Chapter 11 .zip
- Chapter 11.zip
- Chapter 14 .zip
- Chapter 14.zip
- Chapter 15 .zip
- Chapter 15.zip
- Chapter 17 .zip
- Chapter 17.zip
- Chapter 18 .zip
- Chapter 18.zip
- Chapter 21 .zip
- Chapter 21.zip
- Chapter 22 .zip
- Chapter 22.zip
- Chapter 24.zip
- Chapter 25 .zip
- Chapter 25.zip
- Chapter 27 .zip
- Chapter 27.zip
- Chapter 28 .zip
- Chapter 28.zip
- Chapter 29 .zip
- Chapter 29.zip
- Default.aspx
- Suggested Solutions
- Thumbs.db
- default.asp
- intro.xml
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