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 --- README.rst | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 749af3a953..e69210700a 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -13,12 +13,9 @@ 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