Dear SPM community,
I am a medical journalist writing an article on fMRI. While searching the
literature, I began to wonder how many people and how much resources are
necessary to set up a high-level, full-functioning FMRI-research group.
I have the following questions:
How much computer power do you need? How many PC or workstations are
neccessary/per project?
If you want to start forming a group from scratch, how many people do you
need to get it going and what qualifications should they have? How long
does it take to learn " the art of Brain Mapping" , the statistics behind
etc. ? And how long does it take until the group is able to work
sufficiently and independently on their projects?
I further wonder about what would be the best way to learn to use the
respective statistics and software.programs....etc.?
I would be very grateful if anybody could offer some of his/her valuable
time to answer these questions. It might also help other research groups to
guide their decisions if they want to start working with fmri.
Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Sincerely yours,
I.Krebs
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