Print syllabusIntroduction to Functional Imaging of the Human Brain
General data
| Course ID: | 2500-EN-PS-CSN4-02 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.4
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| Course title: | Introduction to Functional Imaging of the Human Brain |
| Name in Polish: | Introduction to Functional Imaging of the Human Brain |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Psychology |
| Course groups: |
(in Polish) Neuropsychology and Neuroscience specialization WISP specialization courses for 4 year WISP specialization courses for 5 year |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
3.00
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| Language: | English |
| Type of course: | elective courses |
| Short description: |
The course introduces theoretical and practical aspects of working with functional neuroimaging techniques as applied to cognitive neuroscience. In order to complete the course, participants will learn about creating experimental paradigms, data acquisition from a simple fMRI study and prepare a basic plan for an fMRI experiment. |
| Learning outcomes: |
After the course, participants will be able to understand the fundamentals of functional brain imaging for cognitive neuroscience and psychology, get familiar with the most important practical aspects of working with MRI scanner, as well as have a basic knowledge of statistical analysis of fMRI data. |
Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)
| Time span: | 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16 |
 
MO TU W TH FR |
| Type of class: |
Seminar, 15 hours
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| Coordinators: | (unknown) | |
| Group instructors: | (unknown) | |
| Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
| Examination: |
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| Full description: |
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) plays a crucial role in the understanding of functional organization of the human brain. fMRI is inherently multidisciplinary and data acquisition techniques, as well as data analysis methods are constantly evolving. The course is designed to develop participants’ understanding of: (I) physics and physiology underlying MRI and fMRI, including basic safety issues; (II) most important methods used for functional neuroimaging (fMRI, DTI, rs-fMRI); (III) their potential, limitations, and application to the cognitive neuroscience and psychology; (IV) statistical fMRI data analysis. Students will also have an opportunity to plan their own fMRI experiment. Working in a small research group, students will: conduct a simple fMRI experiment participating in the data acquisition at MRI unit, learn about data analysis, learn how to interpret the obtained findings, and prepare a short plan for an fMRI experiment. |
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| Bibliography: |
Selected bibliography: Boccadoro, S., Siugzdaite, R., Hudson, A.R., Maeyens, L., Van Hamme, C., Mueller, S.C. (2019). Early maltreatment experience increases mentalizing network functional connectivity during resting-state, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10 (1)https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1647044 Dębska, A., Banfi, C., Chyl, K., Dzięgiel-Fivet, G., Kacprzak, A., Łuniewska, M., ... & Jednoróg, K. (2021). Neural patterns of word processing differ in children with dyslexia and isolated spelling deficit. Brain Structure and Function, 226, 1467-1478. Dębska, A., Wang, J., Dzięgiel, G., Chyl, K., Wójcik., M., Jednoróg, K., Booth, J.R. (2023A). The development of orthography and phonology coupling in the ventral occipitotemporal cortex and its relation to reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.Nov 2. doi: 10.1037/xge0001495 Olszewska AM, Droździel D, Gaca M, Kulesza A, Obrębski W, Kowalewski J, Widlarz A, Marchewka A, Herman AM. Unlocking the musical brain: A proof-of-concept study on playing the piano in MRI scanner with naturalistic stimuli. Heliyon. 2023 Jul 11;9(7):e17877. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17877. PMID: 37501960; PMCID: PMC10368778. Banaszkiewicz A, Matuszewski J, Bola Ł, Szczepanik M, Kossowski B, Rutkowski P, Szwed M, Emmorey K, Jednoróg K, Marchewka A. Multimodal imaging of brain reorganization in hearing late learners of sign language. Hum Brain Mapp. 2021 Feb 1;42(2):384-397. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25229. Epub 2020 Oct 24. PMID: 33098616; PMCID: PMC7776004. Matuszewski J, Kossowski B, Bola Ł, Banaszkiewicz A, Paplińska M, Gyger L, Kherif F, Szwed M, Frackowiak RS, Jednoróg K, Draganski B, Marchewka A. Brain plasticity dynamics during tactile Braille learning in sighted subjects: Multi-contrast MRI approach. Neuroimage. 2021 Feb 15;227:117613. doi Kaźmierowska AM, Kostecki M, Szczepanik M, Nikolaev T, Hamed A, Michałowski JM, Wypych M, Marchewka A, Knapska E. Rats respond to aversive emotional arousal of human handlers with the activation of the basolateral and central amygdala. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Nov 14;120(46):e2302655120. do Sorouri Khorashad, B., Khazai, B., Acar, F., Hudson, A.R., Talaei, A., Borji, N., Saberi, H., Aminzadeh, B., Mueller, S.C. (2020). Neuroanatomy of transgender persons in a Non-Western population and improving reliability in clinical neuroimaging, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 98, 2166-2177 Wypych M., Michałowski J.M., Droździel D., Borczykowska M., Szczepanik M., Marchewka A. Attenuated brain activity during error processing and punishment anticipation in procrastination – a monetary Go/No-go fMRI study. Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 11492 (2019) doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48008-4 Additional materials: https://cbmm.mit.edu/fmri-bootcamp https://www.andysbrainblog.com/ |
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