Data collections

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from population imaging to human cognition.

45data collections
06research areas
09featured projects

This index combines the supplied source list with the original site. It includes public resources and paper-specific cohorts; participant counts use the cited release or paper, not necessarily a model’s training subset.

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01
Development & aging

ABCD

Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Longitudinal adolescent development with cognitive, behavioral, environmental, and multimodal imaging measures.

AccessControlled; application and agreement
Reported scale~11,000 enrolled; imaging varies by release
Also seeData sharing
02
Clinical

ABIDE I

Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange

Multi-site autism and control resting-state fMRI for diagnosis and cross-site generalization.

AccessNITRC registration and terms
Reported scale1,112 participants
03
Clinical

ABIDE II

Expanded autism collection with richer phenotypes and a small longitudinal subset.

AccessNITRC registration and terms
Reported scale1,114 participants across 19 sites
Also seeDSST dataset
05
Clinical

ADNI

Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Longitudinal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease imaging and clinical measures.

AccessControlled; application and agreement
Reported scale>2,500 enrolled in current aggregate view; imaging subset varies
06
General population

AOMIC PIOP1

Amsterdam Open MRI Collection

Amsterdam multimodal MRI cohort for psychological and pharmacological state research.

AccessOpenNeuro download
Reported scale168 participants / 672 sessions
Also seeProject page
07
General population

AOMIC PIOP2

Amsterdam Open MRI Collection

Second AOMIC cohort useful for testing transfer across acquisition protocols.

AccessOpenNeuro download
Reported scale180 participants / 720 sessions
Also seeProject page
08
Clinical

BHRC

Brazilian High-Risk Cohort Study

Brazilian high-risk mental-health cohort with multigenerational imaging, genetics, and clinical phenotypes.

AccessConditional access; project approval
Reported scale~610 participants in cited RBC v1
09
Visual neuroscience

BOLD Moments Dataset(BMD)

Short-video fMRI with action, scene, text, and memorability annotations.

AccessOpen download; video terms separate
Reported scale10 participants
Also seeData paper
10
Visual neuroscience

BOLD5000

Natural-image viewing fMRI connecting vision benchmarks with neural responses.

AccessDownloadable; check release terms
Reported scale4 participants / ~5,000 images
11
Naturalistic & task

CC2017

Continuous movie-viewing fMRI used for short video segment decoding.

AccessPublic processed version; original terms apply
Reported scale3 participants
12
General population

CHCP

Chinese Human Connectome Project

Chinese population connectomics with structural, resting, task, and behavioral measures.

AccessProject registration or application
Reported scale366 participants in cited full cohort
Also seeProject site
14
Clinical

COBRE

Resting-state fMRI and clinical measures for schizophrenia and control comparisons.

AccessNITRC registration or application
Reported scale147 in original INDI release; later derivatives differ
Also seeINDI page
15
Sleep & physiology

DMT-HAR-MED

Placebo and DMT-harmine intervention with repeated resting-state and physiological measurements.

AccessOpenNeuro; CC BY 4.0
Reported scale40 participants
16
Naturalistic & task

Emo-FilM

Emotion research using Films and fMRI

Short-film viewing with continuous emotion and physiological annotations.

AccessOpenNeuro download
Reported scale30 fMRI participants
Also seeData paper
17
ClinicalPaper-specific cohort

FMMTC in-house cohort

Paper-specific clinical fMRI cohort for lidocaine response prediction.

AccessNot publicly downloadable
Reported scale61 participants in cited paper
18
ClinicalPaper-specific cohort

FMMTC OpenNeuro pain cohort

Pain treatment response cohort comparing duloxetine and placebo.

AccessOpenNeuro accession; verify current terms
Reported scale56 participants
19
Visual neuroscience

fMRI-Shape

3D object stimuli and fMRI trials for reconstruction of object shape.

AccessDataset page accessible; check terms
Reported scale14 participants
20
Development & aging

HBN

Cross-diagnostic youth mental-health resource with MRI, EEG, eye tracking, and phenotypes.

AccessImaging broadly available; full phenotypes require DUA
Reported scale243 MRI participants in Release 9; later units differ
21
General population

HCP Young Adult

Human Connectome Project · Young Adult

High-quality 3T/7T resting and task fMRI with behavioral and connectome measures.

AccessResearch access; data agreement
Reported scale1,206 participants in S1200 release
Also seeConnectomeDB
22
Development & aging

HCP-Aging / AABC

Lifespan aging imaging, cognitive measures, and longitudinal visits.

AccessControlled; NDA/ConnectomeDB request
Reported scaleAABC R1: 1,248 participants / 2,214 visits; later releases differ
Also seeAccess guide
23
Development & aging

HCP-Development

Ages 5–21 with resting and task fMRI, behavior, and other developmental measures.

AccessControlled; project permission
Reported scale~1,350 in full project; release availability varies
Also seeData guide
24
Visual neuroscience

Human Action Dataset(HAD)

Natural action videos spanning 180 categories paired with visual fMRI.

AccessOpenNeuro download
Reported scale30 participants / 21,600 video clips
25
General population

ISYB

I See Your Brains · Imaging Chinese Young Brains

Healthy Chinese young-adult multimodal MRI with demographic and psychometric measures.

AccessScienceDB access; source terms apply
Reported scale~215 participants
Also seeData paper
26
Clinical

MACC

Cognitive aging and mild cognitive impairment resource used in Brain-JEPA evaluation.

AccessProject-specific request; no general public download
Reported scaleNo unified public total
27
Clinical

MND appetite fMRI

Food-stimulus responses before and after meals with clinical and appetite measures.

AccessOpenNeuro; check dataset terms
Reported scale59 participants / 2 states each
Also seeData paper
28
Naturalistic & task

N&N

Nakai & Nishimoto cognitive task dataset

Nakai and Nishimoto fMRI across 103 cognitive tasks and functional domains.

AccessOpenNeuro; check dataset terms
Reported scaleSee source release
29
Development & aging

NKI-Rockland

Enhanced Nathan Kline Institute – Rockland Sample

Broad-lifespan resting-state fMRI with behavior, physiology, and phenotypic measures.

AccessImaging open; some phenotypes restricted
Reported scale~1,329 in cited RBC v1; project growing
30
Visual neuroscience

NSD

Natural Scenes Dataset

Dense 7T responses to natural scenes for visual encoding and decoding.

AccessData access agreement required
Reported scale8 participants / ~73,000 image presentations
31
Development & aging

PNC

Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort

Youth cognition, psychopathology, genetics, and resting/task fMRI.

AccessControlled; dbGaP application
Reported scale1,445 participants with neuroimaging
Also seedbGaP
32
Clinical

PPMI

Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative

Longitudinal Parkinson’s imaging, clinical measures, and biomarkers.

AccessApplication and data-use agreement
Reported scale>4,000 in clinical study; imaging subset varies
33
Clinical

REST-meta-MDD

Multi-center depression resting-state fMRI for diagnosis and reproducibility.

AccessData-use agreement and archive password
Reported scale2,428 participants across 25 cohorts
34
ClinicalPaper-specific cohort

REST-meta-MDD 之外的 SRPBS

Additional SRPBS psychiatric resting-state cohort reported alongside REST-meta-MDD.

AccessSource-dependent; see cited paper
Reported scale~499 in cited paper subset
35
Development & aging

SALD

Southwest University Adult Lifespan Dataset

Adult lifespan imaging from ages 19–80 for age effects and individual differences.

AccessPublic download; source terms apply
Reported scale493 with T1 and resting-state fMRI
36
Sleep & physiology

Sleep fMRI

Simultaneous EEG and fMRI during sleep

Simultaneous EEG and fMRI recordings collected during human sleep.

AccessOpenNeuro; check dataset terms
Reported scaleSee source release
37
General population

SLIM

Southwest University Longitudinal Imaging Multimodal Dataset

Longitudinal multimodal imaging of young adults in southwest China.

AccessPublic/registration; follow source rules
Reported scale~580 in cited release; other releases differ
Also seeINDI page
38
Naturalistic & task

StudyForrest

StudyForrest naturalistic movie dataset

Naturalistic movie and audio viewing with rich eye, physiological, and annotation data.

AccessOpenNeuro/PDDL download
Reported scale20 participants
39
ClinicalPaper-specific cohort

SZ

Paper-defined schizophrenia external few-shot evaluation cohort.

AccessOriginal-source access terms apply
Reported scale189 in cited LCM external subset
40
ClinicalPaper-specific cohort

Taowu + Neurocon

Two early Parkinson’s cohorts combined for an external evaluation in the LCM paper.

AccessOriginal-source terms apply
Reported scale81 combined in cited LCM evaluation
41
Clinical

TCP

Transdiagnostic connectomics with clinical interviews and extensive cognition measures.

AccessOpenNeuro download
Reported scale241 participants
42
Visual neuroscience

THINGS-fMRI

THINGS-data · object representations

Dense 7T object-image responses spanning 720 categories.

AccessOpenNeuro/CC0 access
Reported scale3 participants / ~8,740 images
Also seeProject page
43
Clinical

UCLA CNP LA5c

Healthy and psychiatric cohorts with resting/task fMRI and clinical phenotypes.

AccessOpenNeuro download
Reported scale272 participants
Also seeData archive
44
General population

UK Biobank

Population-scale health research resource

Population-scale health, behavior, and multimodal imaging for large-scale modeling.

AccessControlled; application and agreement
Reported scale50,000+ imaging participants; release-dependent
45
Visual neurosciencePaper-specific cohort

Video-fMRI

Small video-stimulus fMRI benchmark used for dynamic visual decoding.

AccessOriginal-source terms apply
Reported scale3 participants in cited benchmark

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