fMRI Tasks and Tools
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ABCD Study: fMRI Tasks
Casey, B. J., Cannonier, T., Conley, M. I., Cohen, A. O., Barch, D. M., Heitzeg, M. M., … & Orr, C. A. (2018). The adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study: imaging acquisition across 21 sites. Developmental cognitive neuroscience. The full fMRI tasks are available for download on GE scanners, Siemens and Philips (SP) scanners, and as a Goggles version.
All the tasks mentioned above can be downloaded at https://abcdstudy.org/scientists/abcd-fmri-tasks-and-tools/
Emotional N-Back Task
When referring to the ABCD emotional n-back task in publications or talks, please cite:
Casey, B. J., Cannonier, T., Conley, M. I., Cohen, A. O., Barch, D. M., Heitzeg, M. M., … & Orr, C. A. (2018). The adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study: imaging acquisition across 21 sites. Developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Monetary Incentive Delay Task
When referring to the ABCD monetary incentive task in publications or talks, please cite:
Knutson B., Westdorp A., Kaiser E., Hommer D. (2000) FMRI visualization of brain activity during a monetary incentive delay task. NeuroImage 12: 20–27.
Stop Signal Task
When referring to the ABCD stop signal task in publications or talks, please cite:
Logan G.D. (1994) On the ability to inhibit thought and action: A users’ guide to the stop signal paradigm. In D. Dagenbach & T. H. Carr (Eds), Inhibitory processes in attention, memory, and language: 189-239. San Diego: Academic Press.
This updated version of the STOP task program addresses the issues arising from the Bissett critique (Bissett et al., eLife 2021). The changes to the task include: 1) fixing glitches that arise from fast responses, 2) not letting the SSD fall below 50msec, 3) ensuring that the Stop signal duration is always 300 msec and 4) fixing the trial coding errors. Please refer to the response to the Bissett critique for more details (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.27.223057v2). Due to limitations piloting the scanner version of the task (sites being closed during the pandemic), users are encouraged to report to ABCD’s helpdesk any bugs or issues related to task length, equipment or different Windows and e-prime versions. To download the following GE or Siemens and Philips (SP) versions, please right click and select “open link in new tab.”
RADIATE Emotional Face Stimulus Set
When referring to these stimuli in publications or talks, please cite:
Conley, M. I., Dellarco, D. V., Rubien-Thomas, E., Cohen, A. O., Cervera, A., Tottenham, N., & Casey, B. J. (2018). The racially diverse affective expression (RADIATE) face stimulus set. Psychiatry research.
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Tottenham, N, Tanaka, JW, Leon, AC, McCarry, T, Nurse, M, Hare, TA, Marcus, DJ, Westerlund, A, Casey, BJ & Nelson, C. (2009). The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants. Psychiatry Research 168 (3) 242-249.
All the stimulus set mentioned above can be downloaded at https://abcdstudy.org/scientists/abcd-fmri-tasks-and-tools/
Food-specific go/no-go task
When referring to the food go/no-go task task in publications or talks, please cite:
Teslovich T., Friedl E.K., Kostro K., Weigel J., Davidow J.Y., Riddle M.C., Rosenbaum M., Walsh B.T., Casey B.J., and Mayer L. (2014) Probing behavioral responses to food: Development of a food-specific go/no-go task. Psychiatry Research.