2. NEUROIMAGING 1 (DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, UvA)

Aim
This course will deal with the use of BOLD-MRI in the cognitive neurosciences

Contents
The course deals with: considerations when designing a BOLD-MRI experiment, how is BOLD-MRI data acquired, safety issues, what is measured with the BOLD response and how does this activity relate to neural responses, how is this data analyzed in terms of statistics and registration of data, the analysis of connectivity between brain areas and multi-voxel pattern analysis.

Duration of the course / ECTS
About 120 hours (including exam).

Format
The course will consist of lectures and labs. Students are expected to be present in all meetings.
Grades will be determined on weekly assignments (20%) and a final test (80%).

Study-material

• Literature Syllabus
• Lab Syllabus
• Huettel, S. A., Song, A. W., & McCarthy, G. (2009). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2nd revised ed.). Sunderland , MA : Sinauer. ISBN 9780878932863. (550 pages). Costs: circa € 74,-

Maximum number of participants
36 (P.S. Research master Psychology students have priority. When there is place, PhD-students can participate in this course.)

Organizers
Research group Psychonomy: Mrs.dr. HM Huizenga, dr. A. Nederveen, dr. H.S. Scholte.

Year / dates next course
The next course will take place in November 2011
N.B. The course Neuroimaging 2 will take place in January/February 2012.

Registration through
Piet van der Waals ( p.k.vanderwaals@uva.nl )

Information
Dr. H.S. Scholte (h.s.scholte@uva.nl)