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<a href="https://www.arc-cogitate.com/biomag-2024" id="OWAe7e360a8-1340-eb8e-9404-0cf6257736b7" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Cogitate Connectivity Data Challenge</a>, a featured event at <a href="https://www.biomag2024.org/cms/call-for-submissions-2-2/" id="OWAf9fc5199-6c8e-8d07-d0bb-7cf60c768c90" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
BIOMAG 2024</a>!</b></span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>What’s the Challenge About?</b></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The Cogitate Connectivity Data Challenge aims to scrutinize contrasting predictions of two neuroscientific theories of consciousness:
Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT) and Integrated Information Theory (IIT). Your task is to explore meaningful measures of functional connectivity using MEG data sets collected from healthy volunteers.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">MEG data have been collected from approximately 100 participants. The first batch of data will be available from March 25, 2024, setting
the stage for your initial discoveries. Following this, the replication dataset will be released on June 15, 2024, offering further opportunities to validate and deepen your findings.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>Timeline</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i><u>Data release</u></i> - Batch 1: March 25, 2024</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i><u>Report - First draft/preregistration</u></i>: June 14, 2024 [23:59 GMT]</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i><u>Data release</u></i> - Batch 2: June 15, 2024</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i><u>Report - Replication</u></i>: July 15, 2024 [23:59 GMT]</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i><u>Competition scoring</u></i>: July 16 - August 25, 2024</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><i><u>Competition results</u></i>: August 26-29 @ BIOMAG 24</span></li></ul>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><b>Prizes</b></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Entries will be evaluated by a board from the Cogitate Consortium, with prizes awarded as follows:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">1st prize: $1000</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">2nd prize: $500</span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">3rd prize: $250</span></li></ul>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The winners will be announced at
<a href="https://www.biomag2024.org/cms/call-for-submissions-2-2/" id="OWAb6d2b527-e58d-6971-97d1-3cf9d8c73d48" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.biomag2024.org/cms/call-for-submissions-2-2/" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
BIOMAG 2024</a> in Sydney (Australia), August 26-29, 2024.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">For more information, visit the
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Cogitate Connectivity Data Challenge</a> website.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out to us at
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cogitateconnectivitychallenge@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
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