The Cohen text addresses the need for a practical hands on text in functional MRI. Written by one of the world's leading experts in the field, the text will serve as a handbook and primer for people wanting to understand and use fMRI. It will take the reader from novice to experimentalist. In recognition of the need for some understanding of physics in order to master the topic, the text will provide the essential background necessary in physics and statistics to bring the reader up to speed quickly.The text will open with a complete fMRI manuscript and will highlight the steps that have gone in to the process, including all of the methods and design choices, as well as the types of interpretations that can justifiably be derived from the data. Later, the book will end with a complete manuscript. A CD will be provided containing a reference data set for data analysis.