From 4a3e9437383ee04645bd473af7cac2bbaac32e9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kshitij Chawla <kc.insight.pi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 15:49:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Updated readme with new mission statement

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 nilearn
 =======
 
-Nilearn is a Python module for fast and easy statistical learning on
-NeuroImaging data.
+Nilearn enables approachable and versatile analyses of brain volumes. It provides statistical and machine-learning tools, with instructive documentation & friendly community.
 
-It leverages the `scikit-learn <http://scikit-learn.org>`_ Python toolbox for multivariate
-statistics with applications such as predictive modelling,
-classification, decoding, or connectivity analysis.
+It supports general linear model (GLM) based analysis and leverages the `scikit-learn <http://scikit-learn.org>`_ Python toolbox for multivariate statistics with applications such as predictive modelling, classification, decoding, or connectivity analysis.
 
 This work is made available by a community of people, amongst which
 the INRIA Parietal Project Team and the scikit-learn folks, in particular