Brainstorm workshop survey: Osaka 2014

Selected comments from attendees:

• "It was very very clear and the pace of explanations and hands-on sessions were perfect."

• "More topics than expected were covered well, I was surprised and very much satisfied."

• "Really, thank you so much, I truely appreciated this precious opportunity."

Survey results

Number of participants: 70
Number of returned documents: 38 (51%)
Link to the pdf document.

Summary

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

   • Never used: 66%

   • Some simulation work: 0%
   • Some experimental work: 32%
   • Experienced user: 0%
2. How helpful was the class in learning Brainstorm: 1(worst) to 5(best)
   • 1: 0%
   • 2: 0%
   • 3: 13%

   • 4: 53%

   • 5: 21%

3. Did you try the online tutorial before coming to class:
   • Yes: 42%
   • No: 39%
   • N/A: 18%
4. Interested in using Brainstorm for:

   • EEG: 37%

   • MEG: 84%

   • MEG+EEG: 24%
   • NIRS: 18%
   • sEEG/ECoG: 18%
   • Scripting: 13%
   • Pre-processing: 16%
   • Visualization of recordings: 18%

   • Source analysis: 37%

   • Time-frequency: 39%

   • Functional connectivity: 53%

   • Statistics: 16%

   • Research: 37%

   • Clinical applications: 32%

   • Epilepsy: 21%
   • Baby / infant studies: 8%

Comments and suggestions

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

Comments about the workshop

• Good pace and clarity: 10

• Too fast in general: 8

• Too fast in the afternoon: 4

• Too slow in the morning: 2
• Difficult to catch up after a problem: 1
• Screen was too small: 1
• English was a problem: 1

Missing topics and requests

• More on connectivity/causality analysis: 7

• Cross-frequency coupling: 4

• Statistics: 2
• More scripting: 2
• Compare results from multiple subjects: 1
• Resting state analysis: 1
• More analysis in source space (less sensor data): 1

Missing tools in Brainstorm

• Development of the functional connectivity: 5

• Dynamic causal modeling: 1
• Phase locking factor: 1
• Phase-phase coupling: 1
• Beamformers: 1
• Source localization with Champagne algorithm (Owen 2012): 1
• Import SPM/fMRI data: 2
• Support for NIRS: 1
• Creating electrodes maps for ECoG/SEEG: 1
• Define scouts in MNI coordinates: 1
• Other brain models (infants, child, aged): 1
• Graph analysis: 1
• Request for tutorials in Japanese: 1

Technical issues

• Scout not selected on the correct surface or not displayed: 10

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