Poldracklab Software and Data

Our lab endeavors to make all of our research code openly available. None of this code is guaranteed to work outside of our local environment, and most of it is not built for portability, but if you use it and find any bugs, please let us know. Unless otherwise noted, all code is released under the unrestrictive MIT License

For additional information on our organized software development projects, see Informatics projects.

Github repositories

The Poldrack lab manages several GitHub organizations:

We are currently or have been heavily involved in the following organizations:

We also contribute to greater and lesser extents to many other projects, including:

For individual members’ GitHub profiles, see Lab members.

Software for tasks used in lab publications

Task software used in Consortium for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics (CNP)

Data/code/OSF pages for published papers

Demidenko, Michael I., Mumford, Jeanette A., Ram, Nilam, Poldrack, Russell A. (2024). A multi-sample evaluation of the measurement structure and function of the modified monetary incentive delay task in adolescents. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI PMC Code OSF

Bissett, Patrick G., Eisenberg, Ian W., Shim, Sunjae, Rios, Jaime Ali H., Jones, Henry M., et al. (2024). Cognitive tasks, anatomical MRI, and functional MRI data evaluating the construct of self-regulation. Scientific Data. DOI PMC Data Code OSF

Li, Xinhui, Bianchini Esper, Nathalia, Ai, Lei, Giavasis, Steve, Jin, Hecheng, et al. (2024). Moving beyond processing- and analysis-related variation in resting-state functional brain imaging. Nature Human Behaviour. DOI Code

Marton Kovacs, Marton A. Varga, Dominik Dianovics, Russell A. Poldrack, Balazs Aczel (2024). Opening the black box of article retractions: exploring the causes and consequences of data management errors. Royal Society Open Science. DOI PMC Data Code

Bissett, Patrick G., Jones, Henry M., Hagen, McKenzie P., Bui, Tung T., Li, Jamie K., et al. (2023). A dual-task approach to inform the taxonomy of inhibition-related processes. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception and Performance. DOI PMC Data Code OSF

Thomas, Armin W., Ré, Christopher, Poldrack, Russell A. (2023). Benchmarking explanation methods for mental state decoding with deep learning models. Neuroimage. DOI PMC Code

Jaffe, Paul I., Poldrack, Russell A., Schafer, Robert J., Bissett, Patrick G. (2023). Modelling human behaviour in cognitive tasks with latent dynamical systems. Nature Human Behaviour. DOI Data Code

Mumford, Jeanette A., Bissett, Patrick G., Jones, Henry M., Shim, Sunjae, Rios, Jaime Ali H., et al. (2023). The response time paradox in functional magnetic resonance imaging analyses. Nature Human Behaviour. DOI Data Code

Beam, Elizabeth, Potts, Christopher, Poldrack, Russell A., Etkin, Amit (2021). A data-driven framework for mapping domains of human neurobiology. Nature Neuroscience. DOI PMC Data Code

Mazza, Gina L., Smyth, Heather L., Bissett, Patrick G., Canning, Jessica R., Eisenberg, Ian W., et al. (2021). Correlation Database of 60 Cross-Disciplinary Surveys and Cognitive Tasks Assessing Self-Regulation. Journal of Personality Assessment. DOI PMC Data

Bissett, Patrick G., Hagen, McKenzie P., Jones, Henry M., Poldrack, Russell A. (2021). Design issues and solutions for stop-signal data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. Elife. DOI PMC Code

Bissett, Patrick G., Jones, Henry M., Poldrack, Russell A., Logan, Gordon D. (2021). Severe violations of independence in response inhibition tasks. Science Advances. DOI PMC Data Code

Bielczyk, Natalia Z., Ando, Ayaka, Badhwar, Aman Preet, Caldinelli, Chiara, Gao, Mengxia, et al. (2020). Effective Self-Management for Early Career Researchers in the Natural and Life Sciences. Neuron. DOI PMC OSF

Lurie, Daniel J., Kessler, Daniel, Bassett, Danielle S., Betzel, Richard F., Breakspear, Michael, et al. (2020). Questions and controversies in the study of time-varying functional connectivity in resting fMRI. Network Neuroscience. DOI PMC OSF

King, Maedbh, Hernandez-Castillo, Carlos R., Poldrack, Russell A., Ivry, Richard B., Diedrichsen, Jörn (2019). Functional boundaries in the human cerebellum revealed by a multi-domain task battery. Nature Neuroscience. DOI PMC Data

Zeynep Enkavi, A., Eisenberg, Ian W., Bissett, Patrick G., Mazza, Gina L., MacKinnon, David P., et al. (2019). Large-scale analysis of test–retest reliabilities of self-regulation measures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI PMC Data OSF

Aridan, Nadav, Malecek, Nicholas J., Poldrack, Russell A., Schonberg, Tom (2019). Neural correlates of effort-based valuation with prospective choices. Neuroimage. DOI PMC Data

Eisenberg, Ian W., Bissett, Patrick G., Zeynep Enkavi, A., Li, Jamie, MacKinnon, David P., et al. (2019). Uncovering the structure of self-regulation through data-driven ontology discovery. Nature Communications. DOI PMC Data Code OSF

Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem, Iwanir, Roni, Holzmeister, Felix, Huber, Jürgen, Johannesson, Magnus, et al. (2019). fMRI data of mixed gambles from the Neuroimaging Analysis Replication and Prediction Study. Scientific Data. DOI PMC Data

Eisenberg, Ian W., Bissett, Patrick G., Canning, Jessica R., Dallery, Jesse, Enkavi, A. Zeynep, et al. (2018). Applying novel technologies and methods to inform the ontology of self-regulation. Behaviour Research and Therapy. DOI PMC OSF

Lam, Max, Trampush, Joey W., Yu, Jin, Knowles, Emma, Djurovic, Srdjan, et al. (2018). Multi-Trait Analysis of GWAS and Biological Insights Into Cognition: A Response to Hill (2018). Twin Research and Human Genetics. DOI OSF

Poldrack, Russell A., Monahan, John, Imrey, Peter B., Reyna, Valerie, Raichle, Marcus E., et al. (2018). Predicting Violent Behavior: What Can Neuroscience Add?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. DOI PMC OSF

Wimmer, G. Elliott, Li, Jamie K., Gorgolewski, Krzysztof J., Poldrack, Russell A. (2018). Reward Learning over Weeks Versus Minutes Increases the Neural Representation of Value in the Human Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. DOI PMC OSF

Bakkour, Akram, Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem, Cohen, Neta, Hover, Ashleigh M., Poldrack, Russell A., et al. (2018). Spacing of cue-approach training leads to better maintenance of behavioral change. Plos One. DOI PMC OSF

Esteban, Oscar, Birman, Daniel, Schaer, Marie, Koyejo, Oluwasanmi O., Poldrack, Russell A., et al. (2017). MRIQC: Advancing the automatic prediction of image quality in MRI from unseen sites. Plos One. DOI PMC OSF

Poldrack, Russell A., Baker, Chris I., Durnez, Joke, Gorgolewski, Krzysztof J., Matthews, Paul M., et al. (2017). Scanning the horizon: towards transparent and reproducible neuroimaging research. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. DOI PMC OSF

Poldrack, R. A., Congdon, E., Triplett, W., Gorgolewski, K. J., Karlsgodt, K. H., et al. (2016). A phenome-wide examination of neural and cognitive function. Scientific Data. DOI PMC Data

Laumann, Timothy O., Gordon, Evan M., Adeyemo, Babatunde, Snyder, Abraham Z., Joo, Sung Jun, et al. (2015). Functional System and Areal Organization of a Highly Sampled Individual Human Brain. Neuron. DOI PMC Data

Poldrack, Russell A. (2015). Is “efficiency” a useful concept in cognitive neuroscience?. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI PMC Code

Poldrack, Russell A., Laumann, Timothy O., Koyejo, Oluwasanmi, Gregory, Brenda, Hover, Ashleigh, et al. (2015). Long-term neural and physiological phenotyping of a single human. Nature Communications. DOI PMC Data Code

White, Corey N., Congdon, Eliza, Mumford, Jeanette A., Karlsgodt, Katherine H., Sabb, Fred W., et al. (2014). Decomposing Decision Components in the Stop-signal Task: A Model-based Approach to Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI PMC Data

White, Corey N., Poldrack, Russell A. (2014). Decomposing bias in different types of simple decisions. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. DOI Data Code

Helfinstein, Sarah M., Schonberg, Tom, Congdon, Eliza, Karlsgodt, Katherine H., Mumford, Jeanette A., et al. (2014). Predicting risky choices from brain activity patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI PMC Data

Davis, Tyler, LaRocque, Karen F., Mumford, Jeanette A., Norman, Kenneth A., Wagner, Anthony D., et al. (2014). What do differences between multi-voxel and univariate analysis mean? How subject-, voxel-, and trial-level variance impact fMRI analysis. Neuroimage. DOI PMC Code

Schonberg, Tom, Fox, Craig R., Mumford, Jeanette A., Congdon, Eliza, Trepel, Christopher, et al. (2012). Decreasing Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activity During Sequential Risk-Taking: An fMRI Investigation of the Balloon Analog Risk Task. Frontiers in Neuroscience. DOI PMC Data

Poldrack, Russell A., Mumford, Jeanette A., Schonberg, Tom, Kalar, Donald, Barman, Bishal, et al. (2012). Discovering Relations Between Mind, Brain, and Mental Disorders Using Topic Mapping. Plos Computational Biology. DOI PMC Code

Xue, Gui, Aron, Adam R., Poldrack, Russell A. (2008). Common neural substrates for inhibition of spoken and manual responses. Cerebral Cortex. DOI Data

Tom, Sabrina M., Fox, Craig R., Trepel, Christopher, Poldrack, Russell A. (2007). The neural basis of loss aversion in decision-making under risk. Science. DOI Data

Aron, Adam R., Gluck, Mark A., Poldrack, Russell A. (2006). Long-term test-retest reliability of functional MRI in a classification learning task. Neuroimage. DOI PMC Data

Foerde, Karin, Knowlton, Barbara J., Poldrack, Russell A. (2006). Modulation of competing memory systems by distraction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI PMC Data

Poldrack, R. A., Clark, J., Paré-Blagoev, E. J., Shohamy, D., Creso Moyano, J., et al. (2001). Interactive memory systems in the human brain. Nature. DOI Data