Brainstorm workshop survey: Florence 2013

Selected comments from attendees:

• "Lots of information in a short time, but very clear anyway"
• "Thanks, nice workshop"

Survey results

Number of participants: 40
Number of returned documents: 14 (35%)
Link to the pdf document.

Summary

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

   • Never used: 57%

   • Some simulation work: 21%
   • Some experimental work: 14%

   • Experienced user: 7%

2. How helpful was the class in learning Brainstorm: 1(worst) to 5(best)
   • 1: 0%
   • 2: 0%
   • 3: 7%

   • 4: 43%

   • 5: 50%

3. Did you try the online tutorial before coming to class:

   • Yes: 42%

   • No: 29%
   • N/A: 29%
4. Interested in using Brainstorm for:

   • EEG: 92%

   • MEG: 14%
   • MEG+EEG: 7%
   • NIRS: 7%
   • sEEG/ECoG: 0%
   • Scripting: 21%

   • Pre-processing: 29%

   • Visualization of recordings: 36%

   • Source analysis: 64%

   • Time-frequency: 57%

   • Functional connectivity: 64%

   • Statistics: 29%

   • Research: 57%

   • Clinical applications: 29%

   • Epilepsy: 14%
   • Baby / infant studies: 14%

Comments and suggestions

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

Comments about the workshop

• Good pace and clarity: 4

• A bit too fast in general: 2
• Too dense, request for splitting in 2 days: 2
• Too advanced, not enough theory: 1

Missing topics and requests

• Processing EEG data / ERPs: 1
• More on forward/inverse modeling: 1
• Source estimation in time-frequecy domain: 1
• PLV connectivity: 1

Missing tools in Brainstorm

• Development of the functional connectivity: 1
• Cross-frequency phase synchronization: 1

Technical issues

• Tree not displaying well (refresh required): 4
• Fiducials not saved while editing the anatomy: 4
• Tree not displaying at all: 1
• Trouble typing the name of the protocols/subjects: 1

Results analysis

Results encoding

1. 1=Never used, 2=Some simulation work, 3=Some experimental work, 4=Experienced user, 0=NA
2. How helpful: 1(worst) to 5(best), 0=N/A
3. Online tutorials before coming: 1=No, 2=Yes, 0=N/A

Results values

1. 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 3
2. 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4
3. 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2