Laboratory in cognitive neuroscience

This laboratory course provides practical training in cognitive neuroscience techniques, which can help us reveal the neural underpinnings of mental

processes. Each class will start with theoretical introduction, after which students will engage in practical experiments addressing behavioral, cognitive, and physiological processes using various neuroscience paradigms. Students will learn, what kind of questions can be approached by particular methods, and how to properly design and perform experiments to answer these questions. The course will cover autonomic measures (skin conductance, cardiovascular measures, electroencephalography, transcranial stimulation and others).

1. introduction to neuroscience methods

2. foundations of data collection and selected issues in signal theory

3. autonomic nervous system and electrodermal response I

(measurement, habituation procedures, emotional responses, cognitive

factors),

4. electrodermal response II

(deception detection procedures)

5. cardiovascular responses

(measurement, emotional responses, cognitive load)

6. EEG I

(tonic measurement, spectral analysis, frequency bands and their

functional significance)

7. EEG II

(ERP: evoked response measurement, classic odball procedures,

emotional perception)

8. EEG III

(analysis of data recorded during tonic procedures)

9. EEG IV

(analysis of data recorded during ERP procedures)

10. fMRI

(foundations and practical presentation of sample data analysis)

11. electromiography

(measurement, emotional responses)

12. oculography

(measurement, reading, visual attention procedures)

introductory course in biological psychology or similar

test exam

group work - designing an experiment related to particular research question. discussion on prepared proposals.

Absence allowance - 2