.. _decoding: ================================================= Decoding and MVPA: predicting from brain images ================================================= Decoding consists in predicting external variables such as behavioral or phenotypic variables from brain image. It can be useful for diagnostic of prognosis, or to probe the information content of brain activity images. These are `Supervised learning `_ tasks, focused on predicting an output value. | .. toctree:: decoding_intro.rst estimator_choice.rst frem.rst space_net.rst searchlight.rst going_further.rst