neu270 - Neurocognition & Psychophysics

Neurosci. knowlg. Expt. methods + Independent research + Scient. literature + Social skills
Interdiscipl. knowlg. Maths/Stats/Progr. + Data present./disc. + Scientific English Ethics
The aim of the module is the study of different aspects of psychophysics or neurocognition. Students participate in ongoing projects and gain a first insight into topical research.

Students have the choice of two basic streams:
Stream 1: “Neurocognition” comprises (i) an exercise “Introduction to MATLAB” [2 SWS], (ii) a lecture “Functional MRI data analysis” [2 SWS], and (3) a practical course [5 SWS] and a seminar “Experiments on Neurocognition” [1 SWS] including aspects of planning, performance and analysis of functional neuro-imaging studies using MATLAB based software.
Stream 2 "Psychophysics of Hearing” comprises (i) exercise “Introduction to MATLAB”, (ii) lecture and seminar “The sense of hearing”, and (iii) a laboratory project in which psychoacoustical experiments into the function of the auditory system are performed.

Poldrack RA, Mumford JA, Nichols TE (2011) Handbook of Functional MRI Data Analysis. Cambridge University Press. New York, USA.
Plack CJ (2013) The sense of hearing. Psychology Press.

Course in the second half of the semester
Regular active participation is required to pass the module

end of summer term

70% report or oral exam or written exam, 30% presentation (talk or poster)