Functional Imaging Methods
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| PSGY4020 | Psychology | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- PSGY4020
- School
- Psychology
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
The module presents functional imaging methods. Recently developed non-invasive methods for human cognitive neuroscience will be discussed with respect to their strengths and limitations. The module covers functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), structural MRI (voxel-based morphometry), magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG).
Target Students
Only available for MSc Brain Imaging students. Optional for 4th year Psychology MSci students.
Classes
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Exam 1 (2-hour): In person Exam
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
The aim is for students to become familiar with state-of-the-art functional imaging methods for human cognitive neuroscience, and to understand the strengths and limitations of particular methods.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
A comprehensive knowledge of brain imaging methods.
Intellectual skills:
Critically appraise and summarize information related to brain imaging, taking into account the provisional nature of facts and principles in cognitive/clinical/computational neuroscience, be familiar with scientific methods, including the ability to collect and integrate information from the literature, to design experiments, execute experimental investigations or other relevant methods for testing a hypothesis, apply knowledge in brain imaging and cognitive/clinical/computational neuroscience to address research problems, acquire, interpret and/or critically analyse research.
Professional/Practical Skills:
Be familiar with health and safety issues related to brain imaging.
Transferable (key) skills:
Systematically search for literature and evaluate neuroscientific research and to draw justified conclusions from the evidence, communicate knowledge or arguments (both orally and in writing) to a variety of audiences and to evaluate the views of others.
Conveners
- Dr Martin Schuerman