psy240 - Computation in Neuroscience (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)

Modulbezeichnung	Computation in Neuroscience
Modulkürzel	psy240
Kreditpunkte	9.0 KP
Workload	270 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.
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: + Neuropsychological / neurophysiological knowledge + experimental methods ++ statistics & scientific programming + critical & analytical thinking + knowledge transfer + group work
Modulinhalte	Part 1: Introduction to scientific programming I (lecture): winter Basic data types and structures Flow control (conditions, loops, errors) Testing and debugging Functions Part 2: Introduction to scientific programming II (lecture): summer Complex data structures EEG processing Frequency analysis methods Introduction to toolboxes Part 3: Scientific programming I (excercise): winter Implementation of examples from part 1 Part 4: Scientific programming II (exercise): summer Implementation of examples from part 2 Part 5: Computer-controlled experimentation (hands-on seminar): summer Computer hardware basics Scripting and programming experiments Combining stimulus delivery with EEG, Eyetracking, etc. Temporal precision
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 start every winter term.
Aufnahmekapazität Modul	unbegrenzt
Hinweise	Important note: Passing the exam of psy240 is mandatory for starting a Practical Project (psy260) and the Master's thesis.
Modulart	Pflicht / Mandatory
Modullevel	MM (Mastermodul / Master module)
Lehr-/Lernform	Part 1 and 2: lectures; Part 3 and 4: excercises; Part 5: seminar; additional tutorials

Lehrveranstaltungsform	Kommentar	SWS	Angebotsrhythmus	Workload Präsenz
Vorlesung	2h/week in winter and summer term	4	SoSe und WiSe	56
Seminar		2	SoSe	28
Übung	1h/week in winter and summer term	2	SoSe und WiSe	28
Tutorium	voluntary		SoSe und WiSe	0
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt				112 h

Prüfung	Prüfungszeiten	Prüfungsform
Gesamtmodul	exam period at the end of the summer term	In a 120-minute written exam the participants will have to program MATLAB-scripts for a selection of neuroscientific data-analysis problems, demonstrating their skills in the different topics. The scripts and comments will be written on university-provided laptops and handed in via email or USB-drive. Students need to hand in 1-2 programming tasks in the exercises to be allowed to take part in the exam. Required active participation for gaining credits: script for the presentation of experimental stimuli in part 5 attendance of at least 70% in the seminar 'computer-controlled experimentation', part 5 within one semester (will be checked in StudIP).