Date

Time

Title

Presenter(s)

Type

Location

Approx. Duration

Comments

Jan 15

14.30

A Field Day: Some Physics You May Find Useful

Olaf Hauk

Lecture

LT

45 min

Basic physical concepts needed for the interpretation of EEG/MEG and fMRI data. Electric potential, fields, atoms and spins...

Jan 22

14.30

EEG/MEG 1: Basics And Pre-Processing

Olaf Hauk

Lecture

LT

45 min

Using two recent experiments as examples, I will go through the most common aspects of EEG/MEG analysis, from data averaging over time-frequency analysis to source estimation

Jan 29

14.30

EEG/MEG 2: Source Estimation

Olaf Hauk

Lecture

LT

45 min

Basic concepts of source estimation/localisation or the "Inverse Problem" of EEG/MEG; forward and inverse models; combining sensor types; methods comparisons; spatial resolution

Feb 5

14.30

MRI Physics 1: Introduction to MRI Physics

Marta Correia

Lecture

LT

45 min

This talk will cover the basic principles of MRI physics for beginners, including nuclear spins and net magnetization, excitation and relaxation mechanisms, slice selective gradients, frequency and phase encoding, image formation and k-space.

Feb 12

14.30

MRI Physics 2: The BOLD Signal and Common Artefacts

Marta Correia, Tibor Auer

Lecture

WWSR

1.5 h

This talk is aimed at fMRI beginners and will be divided into two parts. Firstly, I will talk about the biophysics of fMRI and the basic mechanism behind BOLD contrast. In the second half, I will discuss common image artefacts and ways to work around them.

Feb 19

14.30

fMRI Analysis 1: Introduction to aa and fMRI Pre-Processing

Tibor Auer, Marta Correia

Lecture + Workshop

WWSR

3 h

This workshop is divided into three parts. Firstly, I will briefly describe the CBSU working environment (data and software used during the workshop) and how to access it. Then I will introduce aa from practical perspective especially highlighting the diagnostic features. Finally, each preprocessing step will be demonstrated using an example dataset along with the discussion of the theoretical background.

Note: SPM lecture next day

Feb 26

14.30

fMRI Analysis 2: General Linear Model, Study Design and Efficiency

Tibor Auer, Marta Correia

Lecture + Workshop

WWSR

3 h

This workshop covers the basic principles of single-subject design focusing on how it is implemented in SPM (and aa). The main topics are: GLM, contrasts, statistical inference and the issue of multiple comparison.

Note: SPM lecture next day

Mar 5

14.30

fMRI Analysis 3: Group Statistics

Tibor Auer, Marta Correia

Lecture + Workshop

WWSR

3 h

After a short recap of then GLM, which is the basis of the group analysis, too, we will review some example designs. The main topics are: fixed and random effects, repeated measures, ANOVA, ANCOVA.

Note: SPM lecture next day

Mar 12

14.30

EEG/MEG 3: EEG/MEG Analysis in SPM

Jason Taylor, Rik Henson

Lecture + Workshop

WWSR

3 h

Note: SPM lecture next day

Mar 19

14.30

(f)MRI Analysis 4: Diffusion MRI

Marta Correia, Tibor Auer

Lecture + Workshop

WWSR

3 h

Mar 26

14.30

fMRI Analysis 5: Multivariate fMRI Analysis

Marieke Mur

Lecture + Workshop

WWSR

3 h

Apr 2

14.30

TMS and tDCS

Michael Ewbank

Lecture

LT

45 min

May 15/16 (Thu/Fri)

TBA

EEG/MEG Analysis in MNE-Python

Alexandre Gramfort, Denis Engemann, et al.

Workshop

WWSR

2-day

Details to be confirmed