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Data Analysis in Neuroimaging - PSY00039H

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  • Department: Psychology
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Mark Hymers
  • Credit value: 30 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2019-20

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching cycle
A Spring Term 2019-20

Module aims

The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of issues of design and analysis which are specific to neuroimaging.  Students will get hands-on practical experience of the acquisition, design and analysis of neuroimaging data.

Module learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate a practical understanding of data collection and analysis in fMRI and MEG
  • Analyse and report fMRI and MEG data
  • Understand and describe different approaches to neuroimaging design and analysis, and recognize their strengths and weaknesses

Module content

Lectures

•Signal, Noise and Preprocessing of fMRI data
•Experimental Design in fMRI
•Statistical Analysis in fMRI: Basic Analyses
•Statistical Analysis in fMRI: Advanced Approaches
•Signal, noise and preprocessing of MEG data
•MEG Sensor space analysis
•MEG Source Space Analysis
•Connectivity


Practicals
•fMRI Experimentation and Images
•fMRI Single Subject (1st Level) Analysis
•fMRI Group (2nd Level) Analysis
•fMRI Time-Series and MVPA Analysis
•MEG Experimentation and data pre-processing
•MEG  Sensor Space Analysis
•MEG Group Level and Multi-Variate Analysis
•MEG Sensor Space Analysis

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Practical Report		 N/A 90
Essay/coursework
Weekly quiz		 N/A 10

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Practical Report		 N/A 90
Essay/coursework
Weekly quiz		 N/A 10

Module feedback

Marks will be provided through e:vision.

Indicative reading

Sample Reading:

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Huettel, Song, McCarthy (3rd edition)


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