Brainstorm workshop survey: Beijing 2017

Selected comments from attendees

• Cannot be better!

• Brainstorm is a very large, very complete toolbox. It is understandable it cannot be covered in two days. It is a very good course for initiation.

• Perfect!

Survey results

Number of participants: 40
Number of returned documents: 31 (78%)
Link to the pdf document.

Summary

1. Before today's class, how would you describe your use of Brainstorm:

   • Never used: 58%

   • Some simulation work: 3%
   • Some experimental work: 35%
   • Experienced user: 3%
2. How helpful was the class in learning Brainstorm: 1(worst) to 5(best)
   • 1: 0%
   • 2: 0%
   • 3: 23%
   • 4: 16%

   • 5: 58%

3. Did you try the online tutorial before coming to class:
   • Yes: 48%
   • No: 42%
4. Interested in using Brainstorm for:
   • EEG: 68%
   • MEG: 74%
   • MEG+EEG: 22%
   • NIRS: 3%
   • sEEG/ECoG: 22%
   • Scripting: 16%
   • Pre-processing: 61%
   • Visualization of recordings: 39%
   • Source analysis: 65%
   • Time-frequency: 65%
   • Functional connectivity: 52%
   • Statistics: 39%
   • Research: 35%
   • Clinical applications: 16%
   • Epilepsy: 16%
   • Baby / infant studies: 3%
   • Animal studies: 0%

Comments and suggestions

The number indicates the number of participants who made similar comments.

Comments about the workshop

• Good clarity: 15

• Good pace: 12

• Sometimes too fast: 6
• Sometimes too slow: 3
• Three days would be better: 1
• Not enough discussions: 1

Missing topics and requests

• Scripting and file manipulation: 4
• Group analysis: 3
• Statistics: 2
• EEG/SEEG: 2
• Resting state / steady state: 2
• Details of forward modeling: 2
• Dipole fitting: 1
• Experimental design: 1
• Connectivity: 1
• Decoding: 1
• Connections to other software: 1

Missing tools in Brainstorm

• Simpler tutorials: 5
• More source modeling methods: 2
• Source analysis in frequency domain: 2
• More forward modeling solutions: 1
• More connectivity options: 1
• Missing connectivity tutorial: 1
• Graph theory: 1
• Machine learning: 1
• Epilepsy detection and network analysis: 1
• TMS-EEG: 1
• SEEG tools and display: 1
• More ERP analysis tools: 1
• MRI segmentation: 1
• Simpler interface: 1