Neuroimaging and physiological methods - APS300453
Title: Neurozobrazovací a fyziologické metody
Guaranteed by: Department of Psychology (21-KPS)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2024
Semester: summer
Points: 3
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, C [HT]
Capacity: 20 / unknown (20)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Maroš Filip, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Maroš Filip, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
The brain is at the centre of psychological research, and neuroimaging methods provide unrivalled insights into its
architecture and functioning. In a series of lectures, we will look at the strengths and weaknesses of each method
and what they can reveal about brain functioning, particularly information processing. Neuroimaging methods will
be complemented by methods that record physiological processes that automatically accompany our behaviour
(e.g. the polygraph). We will introduce the basic studies that have used the methods and learn to critically reflect
them.
Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (11.01.2023)
Aim of the course -

Aim of subject:
The aim of the course is to introduce basic neuroimaging and physiological methods used in psychology, with a focus on cognitive research but also on therapeutic applications. Emphasis is placed on the devices that students may encounter in the LABELS laboratory, namely EEG, fNIRS and eye-tracker, but other methods will also be introduced (fMRI, MEG, ECG, PET scan, etc.).
Gained knowledge:
The student will be able to explain the principle on which neuroimaging and physiological methods work and what physiological processes they record. The student can list the basic areas of research in which the methods are used and can name the studies that use them.
Gained skills:
The student will be able to evaluate the appropriateness of using the presented methods in concrete psychological research and describe their strengths and weaknesses. The student will be able to critically evaluate articles using these methods, interpret their results and expose their shortcomings.

Last update: Filip Maroš, Mgr., Ph.D. (18.11.2024)
Course completion requirements -

Attendance at 75% of the exercises and presentation of an article on a specific method and its critical evaluation - required for admission to the final exam

Last update: Filip Maroš, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.11.2024)
Literature -

Key Reading:

  • Kulišťák, P. (2003). Zobrazovací techniky nervového systému. In Neuropsychologie, pp.49-65. Praha: Portál.

  • Šmarda, J. (2004). Biologie pro psychology a pedagogy. Praha: Portál. (Selected chapters)

  • Keil, A., ... & Yee, C. M. (2014). Committee report: publication guidelines and recommendations for studies using EEG and MEG. Psychophysiology, 51(1), 1-21.

  • Poldrack, R. A., Fletcher, P. C., Henson, R. N., Worsley, K. J., Brett, M., & Nichols, T. E. (2008). Guidelines for reporting an fMRI study. Neuroimage, 40(2), 409-414.

  • Yücel, M. A., Lühmann, A. V., Scholkmann, F., Gervain, J., Dan, I., Ayaz, H., ... & Wolf, M. (2021). Best practices for fNIRS publications. Neurophotonics, 8(1), 012101.

  • Fiedler, S., Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M., Renkewitz, F., & Orquin, J. L. (2020). Guideline for reporting standards of eye-tracking research in decision sciences.


Supplementary books:

  • Duchowski, A. T. (2002). A breadth-first survey of eye-tracking applications. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 34(4), 455-470.

  • Ferrari, M., & Quaresima, V. (2012). A brief review on the history of human functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) development and fields of application. Neuroimage, 63(2), 921-935.

  • Spape, M. (2021). A Psychologist’s guide to EEG: The electric study of the mind. SAGE.

Last update: Filip Maroš, Mgr., Ph.D. (18.11.2024)
Teaching methods - Czech

Hodiny probíhají ve dvojici přednáška, po které následuje cvičení. Přednáška se týká teorie a mechanismu fungování konkrétní metody. Na cvičení se prezentuje konkrétní výzkum a kriticky se hodnotí jeho provedení.

Last update: Filip Maroš, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.11.2024)
Syllabus -

 Content

Cognitive Processes and Neuroimaging Methods – history, classification, development, and plasticity
Biological Foundations – neuroanatomy, neuronal signaling, cerebral blood supply, eye physiology, cardiac activity, and skin conductivity
Introduction to Individual Methods – their history, mechanisms, and primary research applications:

  • Structural methods (CT, sMRI)

  • PET scan

  • EEG and MEG (electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography)

  • fMRI and fNIRS (functional magnetic resonance and functional near-infrared spectroscopy)

  • Physiological methods (eye-tracking and pupillometry, polygraph – skin conductivity, ECG)

 

 

Last update: Filip Maroš, Mgr., Ph.D. (18.11.2024)
Entry requirements - Czech

Určeno pro Mgr. studenty

Last update: Hradcová Radka (04.12.2024)