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564 Stories by Xu Cui

Brain surface template

Sometimes we need to work on the surface of a brain. Here I create a surface mask based on the standard avg152T1 image (MNI space) for you to download. Visualized in xjview, you can see the mask in the yellow curved lines. It’s actually a surfa
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Backblaze, a nice backup tool

I purchased at least 2 portable hard drives and many USB drives to backup important files. For a while I did my backup every day by copying files to the portable hard drives. But then I get lazy and stopped doing this. The last time I backup was prob
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Handy programs to visualize NIRS data (6): plotAverage

This is the 6th post of the series: Handy programs to visualize NIRS data When we do an experiment, we often repeat an event (or block) for a few times. For example, in a typical finger tapping task, we ask the participants to do a finger tapping for
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PaperBox’s “eyes”: always be the first to know new publications

When I was a student in Baylor College of Medicine, I spent most of my time in front of computers analyzing data. One day I noticed that a few fellow students and postdocs, as well as our advisor, are discussing something. I moved closer and found th
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AutoPager Chrome, Very useful productivity tool

When I search google or browsing blogs, I often need to click “next page” to go to the next page. This Chrome extension by Wend Li will automatically load the next page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autopager-chrome/mmgagnmbe
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Canon Scanner – Unable to open TWAIN source

I am using a Canon Scanner (CanoScan LiDE 60). It has been working fine but it stopped working today with error message: Unable to open TWAIN source Here is how to fix it: Check if you have the following folder: C:\Windows\twain_32\CNQL60 If not, go
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Extracting wavelet coherence values

In my previous blog (https://www.alivelearn.net/?p=1426) and in our paper titled “NIRS-based hyperscanning reveals increased interpersonal coherence in superior frontal cortex during cooperation” (full text pdf available ), we have shown
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尖椒土豆丝与自由意志

饭店里,你拿着菜单,在思考是点西红柿炒鸡蛋还是尖椒土豆丝。这个问题显然很重要,因为你已经考虑了几分钟了。最后,你下定了决心,拍了脑瓜子,说,就要土豆丝了。你如释重负。旁边的服务员可能夸你,说你做出了最
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[转]帮助一位在休斯顿治疗的中国白血病学生

休斯顿地区的各位同学朋友,你们好! 我的名字叫袁雨涵,现年31岁,是哈尔滨工业大学的在读博士生。我于2012年3月确诊患有急性髓系白血病。在国内治疗了近7个月,在病情得到基本缓解的时候,却又发生了新的
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