cortex.dataset.Vertex.random

classmethod Vertex.random(subject, **kwargs)

Create a random-valued VertexData for the given subject. Random values are from gaussian distribution with mean 0, s.d. 1. Often useful for testing purposes.

Parameters:
subjectstr

Subject identifier. Must exist in the pycortex database.

**kwargs

Other keyword arguments are passed to the init function for this class.

Returns:
VertexData subclass

A VertexData subclass object with random data.