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Functional Connectivity Analysis Methods and Their Interpretational Pitfalls

André Bastos introduces electrophysiological connectivity measures and demonstrates interpretational problems involving common signals, noise, field spread and sample size.

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An advanced methods complement to introductory brain imaging: the official tutorial links a review and simulations intended to reveal misleading connectivity results.

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