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Description: In 2021, WHATNET conducted an online survey of the OHBM community to explore current trends in large-scale brain network naming conventions. The objective of this survey was twofold: (1) to identify which terms the neuroscience community is using to characterize and describe large-scale brain networks, and (2) to determine the degree of consensus that already exists in the identification of network topographies. Members of WHATNET provided a range of images depicting large-scale brain networks derived from their own research or other sources to be used in the survey. Survey participants provided information on their academic background, including training and neuroimaging methods experience. For the survey, a randomized sequence of 93 brain network images and 7 “lure” network ensembles were presented, depicting network images in the brain volume and on the cortical surface. Participants were asked to provide open responses to the prompt: “Please name this network”.