Thematic Seminar / Research Techniques in Neuropsychology

Teaching Methods

Background lectures

Problem oriented tutorials

Paper presentations and writing of summary reports on presented research, with evaluation of such exercises and final scoring based on balanced evaluation of both oral and written exercises

Oral discussions based on methodological contreversies in cognitive neuroscience.

Learning Outcomes

- To grasp the main methods to study of functional brain organization based on visual pathways as model systems.

- To understand neural function at the cortical level and the role of distinct multimodal techniques.

- To understand multimodal sensory integration.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Neurophysiological approaches to study brain function: fMRI, EEG, Structural imaging and Behavioral Methods

Monitoring activity in neural circuits using simultaneous recordings from multiple cells: basic principles and methods

Case-studies:

Perceptual and attentional mechanisms in the primate brain.

Perceptual filling-in: More than the eye can see.

Face recognition and its deficits

Multisensory perception and the interaction between auditory and visual processes.

Assessment Methods

Evaluation
final scoring based on balanced evaluation of both oral and written exercises : 100.0%

Bibliography

EEG - fMRI: Physiological Basis, Technique, and Applications

Christoph Mulert (Ed.), Louis Lemieux (Editor)

Publication Date: December 10, 2009 | ISBN-10: 3540879188 | ISBN-13: 978-3540879183 |

 

Kastner S, De Weerd P, Desimone R, Ungerleider LG. Mechanisms of directed attention in the human extrastriate cortex as revealed by functional MRI. Science 1998; 282:108-11.

 

Biederlack J, Castelo-Branco M, Neuenschwander S, Wheeler DW, Singer W, Nikolić D. Brightness induction: rate enhancement and neuronal synchronization as complementary codes. Neuron (2006) vol. 52 (6) pp. 1073-83.

 

Van den Stock J, van de Riet WAC, Righart R, de Gelder B (2008). Neural Correlates of Perceiving Emotional Faces and Bodies in Developmental Prosopagnosia: An Event-Related fMRI-Study. PLoS ONE, 3(9): e3195. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003195.

De Weerd P, Smith E, Greenberg P. Effects of selective attention on perceptual filling-in. J Cogn Neurosci 2006;18:335-47.