psy241 - Computation in Neuroscience (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

psy241 - Computation in Neuroscience (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

Originalfassung Englisch PDF Download
Modulbezeichnung Computation in Neuroscience
Modulkürzel psy241
Kreditpunkte 6.0 KP
Workload 180 h
Einrichtungsverzeichnis Department für Psychologie
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Master Neurocognitive Psychology (Master) > Mastermodule
Zuständige Personen
  • Stecher, Heiko (Modulverantwortung)
  • Stecher, Heiko (Prüfungsberechtigt)
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen
Enrolment in Master's programme Neurocognitive Psychology. Module psy241 is only relevant for students who started their studies before winter term 19/20. (All other students study module psy240.)
Kompetenzziele
**Goals of module: ** Students will acquire scientific programming skills as well as specific knowledge of computational methods in neuroscience and cognition. They will learn to judge the appropriateness and complexity of computational problems and solutions. **Competencies: ** [nop]+ Neuropsychological / neurophysiological knowledge + experimental methods ++ statistics & scientific programming + critical & analytical thinking + knowledge transfer + group work [/nop]
Modulinhalte
**Part 1: Introduction to scientific programming I (theoretical-practical seminar)** - Basic data types and structures - Flow control (conditions, loops, errors) - Testing and debugging - Functions **Part 2: Introduction to scientific programming II (theoretical-practical seminar)** - Classes and objects - Parallel processing - Frequency analysis methods - EEG processing **Part 3: Scientific programming I (excercise)** - Implementation of examples from part 1 **Part 4: Scientific programming II (exercise)** - Implementation of examples from part 2
Literaturempfehlungen
- Mathworks (2009): MATLAB online documentation - Wallisch P., et al. (2009): MATLAB for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to Scientific Computing in MATLAB. Elsevier/Academic
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Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Dauer in Semestern 2 Semester
Angebotsrhythmus Modul The module will be offered every winter term.
Aufnahmekapazität Modul unbegrenzt
Modulart Pflicht / Mandatory
Modullevel MM (Mastermodul / Master module)
Lehr-/Lernform Part 1: theoretical-practical seminar; Part 2: theoretical-practical seminar; Part 3: excercise; Part 4: excercise; additional tutorials
Lehrveranstaltungsform Kommentar SWS Angebotsrhythmus Workload Präsenz
Theorie-Praxis-Seminare
2 semester hours per week for winter and summer term
4 SoSe und WiSe 56
Übung
1 semester hour per week for winter and summer term.
2 SoSe und WiSe 28
Tutorium
2 semester hours per week in winter and summer term
SoSe und WiSe 0
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt 84 h
Prüfung Prüfungszeiten Prüfungsform
Gesamtmodul
exam period at the end of the summer term
The participants will have to independently develop and program a solution for a given neuroscientific problem. Both the written code as well as the documentation of the approach taken will be assessed. Bonus for regularly handing in a total of 12 programming exercises.