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Research Design in Neuroimaging - PSY00083M

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  • Department: Psychology
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Tom Hartley
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
    • See module specification for other years: 2022-23

Related modules

Pre-requisite modules

  • None

Co-requisite modules

Prohibited combinations

  • None

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Spring Term 2021-22

Module aims

Students will be challenged to think critically about experimental design and hypothesis testing in neuroimaging. This module will give you the opportunity to develop your design skills by generating your own experimental designs to address specific questions. The objective is to be able to describe the design of a novel, valid neuroimaging experiment in sufficient detail to conduct the experiment and provide a publishable report of your methods. 

Module learning outcomes

  • Outline the design of an experiment to test a given hypothesis using neuroimaging

Module content

  • Principles of research design in neuroimaging  
  • Good practice in fMRI experimental design  
  • Good practice in MEG experimental design 
  •  Interpreting and presenting neuroimaging data  

Indicative assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Experimental Design Report		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Experimental Design Report		 N/A 100

Module feedback

The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision.

Indicative reading

Sample Reading:

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Huettel, Song, McCarthy (3rd edition)


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