3 SWS Practical (PR)
Total workload 225h: 70h contact / 100h experimental work / 55h exam preparation
2 SWS Lecuture (VO)
Total workload 90h: 28h contact / 30h background reading / 32h exam preparation
1 SWS Seminar (SE)
Total workload 45h: 15h contact / 30h preparation of presentation

+ Neurosci. knowlg.
++ Expt. Methods
+ Social skills
+ Interdiscipl. knowlg.
++ Maths/Stats/Progr.
+ Data present./disc.
+ Scientific English


Students will learn the basics about planning and performing a neuroimaging study. They will focus on the statistical and methodological background of functional neuroimaging data analysis and analyse a sample functional MRI data set.

The modul comprises (i) a lecture “Functional MRI data analysis” [2 SWS], and (ii) a practical course [5 SWS] and (iii) a seminar “Experiments on Neurocognition” [1 SWS] including aspects of planning, performance and analysis of functional neuro-imaging studies using MATLAB based software.

Frackowiak RSJ, Friston KJ, Frith C, Dolan R, Price CJ, Zeki S, Ashburner J, and Penny WD (2003). Human Brain Function. Academic Press, 2nd edition. San Diego, USA.
Huettel, SA, Song, AW, & McCarthy, G (2009). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2nd Edition). Sinauer Associates. Sunderland, MA, USA.
Poldrack RA, Mumford JA, & Nichols TE (2011). Handbook of Functional MRI Data Analysis. Cambridge University Press. New York, USA.

shared course components with (cannot be credited twice): bio640

end of summer term

70% oral exam or written exam, 30% presentations
In addition, mandatory but ungraded: Regular active participation