Tentative Schedule of Topics:

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March 31

Overview & Goals

April 7

Discussion Topic: Measurement of electrical activity in the brain. EEG/ERP and their neural basis.

Laboratory Topic: Working with Matlab, EEGLAB, and data files

Reading Material: Luck (2005) Ch. 1 & Ch. 2

 

April 14 No Class (CNS)

 

April 21

Discussion Topic: Recording EEG & dealing with artifacts

Laboratory Topic: Recording & Preprocess

Reading Material: Talsma & Woldorff (2005)

 

April 28

Discussion Topic: Design, Analysis, & Interpretation of ERP experiments

Laboratory Topic: Recording, Extracting & Quantifying ERPs

 

May 5

Discussion Topic: Alternative approaches to analyzing EEG data

Laboratory Topic: Recording & Analysis

 

May 12 No Class (VSS)

 

May 19

Discussion Topic: Approaches to localization & combining with fMRI

Laboratory Topic: Recording & Source Localization

 

May 26 No Class (Memorial Day)

 

June 2:

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