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- Python
  - Nengo - Library for creating and simulating large-scale brain models.
  - Nitime - Timeseries analysis for neuroscience data.
  - Nilearn - Module for performing statistical learning/machine learning on NeuroImaging data.
  - MNE-Python - Community-driven software for processing time-resolved neural signals including electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG).
  - NiBabel - Provides read and write access to some common medical and neuroimaging file formats.
  - PsychoPy - Package for running psychology and neuroscience experiments. It allows for creating psychology stimuli in Python.
  - Brian2 - Free, open source simulator for spiking neural networks.
  - expyriment - Platform-independent lightweight Python library for designing and conducting timing-critical behavioural and neuroimaging experiments.
  - NuPic - Numenta Platform for Intelligent Computing is an implementation of Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM), a theory of intelligence based strictly on the neuroscience of the neocortex.
- Matlab
  - FieldTrip - Toolbox for MEG and EEG analysis.
  - Psychtoolbox-3 - Free set of Matlab and GNU Octave functions for vision and neuroscience research.
- C++
  - Brayns - Minimalistic visualiser that can perform ray-traced rendering of neurons. Ray-tracing can help to highlight areas of neural circuits where cells touch each other and where synapses are being created leading to a better understanding of how individual cells and subsequently the brain functions.
- JavaScript
  - Brainbrowser - Library exposing set of web-based 3D visualization tools primarily targetting neuroimaging.
- R
  - brainGraph - Package for performing graph theory analyses of brain MRI data.
Resources
- Ebooks
  - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience - Text which provides an in-depth introduction to the main ideas in the computational cognitive neuroscience, a field which aims to understand the brain by using biologically based computational models.
- Blogs
  - Neuroskeptic - [Discover magazine](http://discovermagazine.com/)'s neuroscience blog which offers a look at the latest developments in neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology through a critical lens.
  - Action Potential - Forum operated by neuroscience editors at the journal, Nature.
  - The scicurious brain - Maintained by [Scientific American](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/), this blog typically covers one research paper in a single entry.
- MOOCs
  - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) - based distance learning programs that are designed for the participation of large numbers of geographically dispersed students.
  - The Fundamentals of Neuroscience | Harvard & edX - Serves an introductory survery of topics in neuroscience and has no specific prerequisites, though some prior exposure to biology and/or chemistry can be helpful.
  - Computational Neuroscience | Coursera - Provides an introduction to basic computational methods for understanding what nervous systems do and for determining how they function.
  - Medical Neuroscience - Explores the functional organization and neurophysiology of the human central nervous system, while providing a neurobiological framework for understanding human behavior.
- Communities
  - Quora - Neuroscience topic on Quora contains answers, often by experts, to questions ranging from basic to advanced.
  - Reddit - List of neuroscience, psychology and cognitive science subreddits.
- Newsletters
  - On The Brain - Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience Institute's quarterly e-newsletter.
  - Comp-neuro - A mailing list that is is intended to address the broad range of research approaches and issues involved in the general field of computational neuroscience.
- Miscellaneous
  - Awesome Public Datasets - Neuroscience - High-quality open neuroscience datasets.
  - NeuronDB - Searchable database for of three types of neuronal properties: voltage gated conductances, neurotransmitter receptors, and neurotransmitter substances.
  - Neuroscience Mindmap - Interactive mindmap containing curated resources for anyone interested in learning neuroscience.
  - Brain Matters - Neuroscience podcast where real neuroscientists sit down and talk about the brain.
  - ModelDB - Searchable database for computational neuroscience models.

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