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Hello all,
I just wanted to follow-up about this-- Is there any information about race/ethnicity and education levels for the participants used in the cortical labels by Desikan or Destrieux (from those 2006 or 2010 papers)?
Any information is much appreciated! Jamie.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM Jamie Hanson jamielarshanson@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Freesurfer list-
I had a (hopefully) quick question about the cortical parcellation manual labeling data... specifically, is there any information about race/ethnicity and education levels for these participants?
It looks like from some past replies (in ~2009), the cortical labels were based on two sets-- one done by Rahul Desikan (~40 subjects) and the other by Christophe Destrieux (~24 subjects). I'm presuming it is these two papers: -Desikan, R. S., Ségonne, F., Fischl, B., Quinn, B. T., Dickerson, B. C., Blacker, D., ... & Killiany, R. J. (2006). An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest. Neuroimage, 31(3), 968-980. -Destrieux, C., Fischl, B., Dale, A., & Halgren, E. (2010). Automatic parcellation of human cortical gyri and sulci using standard anatomical nomenclature. Neuroimage, 53(1), 1-15.
If that's correct, those publications only list a bit about the participants' ages and sex. There's nothing about these other demographic factors, and I thought I would try to track that information.
Thanks much in advance for the help, and all the best, Jamie.
Jamie Hanson Associate Professor, Psychology Research Scientist, Learning Research and Development Center University of Pittsburgh