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\par \indent This study recruited sixteen right-handed, English-speaking individuals between the ages of 19 and 28. There is confusion about the sexes of the individuals as the supplement to the published article reports seven males and nine females, while the data made publicly available reports eight males and eight females. It is known that all subjects were physically healthy and free of neurological and psychiatric history, and that their informed consent was acquired prior to their participation in the study.

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Identify a published fMRI paper and the accompanying data
\cite{lindquist2008statistical}.  You should explain the basic idea of the
paper in a paragraph.  You should also perform basic sanity check on the data
(e.g., can you downloaded, can you load the files, confirm that you have the
correct number of subjects).

Briefly explain what reproducibility means and in what sense you will
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\par This study was inspired by ``The Neural Basis of Loss Aversion in Decision
Making Under Risk,'' a 2007 article by <NAME> and her associates at the
University of California, Los Angeles \cite{tom2007neural}. The original study
it describes made several major findings that will be corroborated and further
investigated using methods of computational research and machine learning.
\par \indent One finding of interest to this study is that certain areas of the
human brain responded with increasing activity given higher potential gains, but
that no area responded similarly given higher potential losses. Furthermore,
many of the same areas responded with decreasing activity given higher potential
losses, but no area responded similarly given higher potential gain. This would
suggest that the same areas of the brain are responsible for processing possible
gains and losses, an idea that will be investigated in detail.
\par \indent This report will describe briefly attempts to reproduce particular
methods used in the original study, but will focus more on novel approaches not
employed by the previous researchers. The hope is that some of these methods
differ drastically from those that have already been used, and henceforth have
the potential to shed light on discoveries that were not possible before.
\par \indent Lastly, this study will place heavy emphasis on the theme of
reproducibility, which is defined to be how easily a line of analysis can be
replicated in its entirety, either by the original analyst or an independent
party. To achieve this, any code that is used to interpret the data, be the
outcome conclusive or not, will be well-written, documented, and reviewed prior
to publication.
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