Research Design in Neuroimaging - PSY00083M

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  • Department: Psychology
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

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Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

Students will be challenged to think critically about experimental design and hypothesis testing in neuroimaging. This module will give you the opportunity to develop your design skills by generating your own experimental designs to address specific questions. The objective is to be able to describe the design of a novel, valid neuroimaging experiment in sufficient detail to conduct the experiment and provide a publishable report of your methods. 

Module learning outcomes

  • Outline the design of an experiment to test a given hypothesis using neuroimaging

Module content

  • Principles of research design in neuroimaging  
  • Good practice in fMRI experimental design  
  • Good practice in MEG experimental design 
  •  Interpreting and presenting neuroimaging data  

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100.0

Module feedback

The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision.

Indicative reading

Sample Reading:

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