Symposium “What Neuroimaging Can Tell Us? From Correlation to Causation and Cognitive Ontologies”, OHBM 2016 June 27, 2016 H ? Sebastian Weichwald MPI for Intelligent Systems sweichwald.de/ohbm2016 � www.neural.engineering
Motivation
Voxel not used Voxel weight for person.n.01 -4 +4 Decoding model OFA OFA FFA FFA sup. sup. RH LH anterior anterior Encoding model EBA EBA Thanks to Alexander Huth, Gallant lab, UC Berkeley 2
Voxel not used Voxel weight for person.n.01 -4 +4 Decoding model OFA OFA √ √ FFA FFA relevance sup. sup. RH LH anterior anterior √ √ Encoding model EBA EBA Thanks to Alexander Huth, Gallant lab, UC Berkeley 2
Voxel not used Voxel weight for person.n.01 -4 +4 Decoding model OFA OFA √ √ FFA FFA relevance sup. sup. RH LH anterior anterior √ √ Encoding model EBA EBA Thanks to Alexander Huth, Gallant lab, UC Berkeley 2
Encoding models 3
Encoding models GLM difference in means ⋯ 3
Encoding models GLM difference in means ⋯ “Associated with experimental condition?” 3
Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle Reichenbach, 1956 4
Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle stimulus voxel associated Reichenbach, 1956 4
Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle stimulus voxel Reichenbach, 1956 4
Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle h stimulus voxel Reichenbach, 1956 4
Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle h stimulus voxel stimulus voxel Reichenbach, 1956 4
Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle h stimulus voxel stimulus voxel stimulus voxel Reichenbach, 1956 4
Reichenbach’s Common Cause Principle h stimulus voxel stimulus voxel stimulus voxel Reichenbach, 1956 4
Causal interpretation chart Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 5
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Causal interpretation √ × Stimulus-based Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 5
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × Stimulus-based Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 5
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S Stimulus-based Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 5
Decoding models 6
Decoding models 6
Decoding models “Does removal impair decoding performance?” 6
Decoding models “Does removal impair decoding performance?” “Associated after taking all other variables into account?” 6
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S Stimulus-based Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ Stimulus-based × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ Non-effects may appear relevant: effect of S × no effect of S stimulus √ voxel A Stimulus-based × voxel B Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ Stimulus-based × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ Effects may be missed: inconclusive Stimulus-based × stimulus voxel A voxel B Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 7
Are decoding models useful?
Combine encoding and decoding models & 8
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ √ × √ × × × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ Encoding plus decoding allows to identify indirect effects: inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ stimulus voxel A voxel B √ × √ × × × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ √ × √ × × × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ √ × indirect effect of S √ × × × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ Encoding clarifies role of voxels relevant in decoding: effect of S × no effect of S stimulus √ voxel A inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ √ × indirect effect of S √ voxel B × × × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ √ × indirect effect of S √ × × × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ effect of S √ × indirect effect of S √ × provides context × × Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Causal interpretation chart Voxel relevant? Encoding Decoding Causal interpretation √ effect of S × no effect of S √ inconclusive Stimulus-based × inconclusive √ √ effect of S √ × indirect effect of S √ × provides context × × no effect of S Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015 9
Wrap-up
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) Relevant in encoding/correlated? × / √ (e. g. GLM) 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) Relevant in encoding/correlated? × / √ (e. g. GLM) Relevant in decoding/partially correlated? × / √ (e. g. classifier) 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) Relevant in encoding/correlated? × / √ (e. g. GLM) Relevant in decoding/partially correlated? × / √ (e. g. classifier) ↝ Read off causal interpretation 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) Relevant in encoding/correlated? × / √ (e. g. GLM) Relevant in decoding/partially correlated? × / √ (e. g. classifier) ↝ Read off causal interpretation (Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015) 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) Relevant in encoding/correlated? × / √ (e. g. GLM) Relevant in decoding/partially correlated? × / √ (e. g. classifier) ↝ Read off causal interpretation (Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015) Extensions 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) Relevant in encoding/correlated? × / √ (e. g. GLM) Relevant in decoding/partially correlated? × / √ (e. g. classifier) ↝ Read off causal interpretation (Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015) Extensions ▸ Stimulus-based causal inference 10
Wrap-up ▸ Simple causal interpretation chart (also response-based paradigms) Relevant in encoding/correlated? × / √ (e. g. GLM) Relevant in decoding/partially correlated? × / √ (e. g. classifier) ↝ Read off causal interpretation (Weichwald et al., NeuroImage , 2015) Extensions ▸ Stimulus-based causal inference ↝ Cause-effect relationships between neural processes 10
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