MEG@À¦°óSMÉçÇø Comprehensive Training
A week of hands-on training experience with MEG imaging
From paradigm design to advanced data analysis
Where:
MEG Unit, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
Montreal Neurological Institute, À¦°óSMÉçÇø
3801 University St, Montreal (Canada)
When:
March 16-20, 2015
RegistrationÌýdeadline: February 27, 2015
Target audience:
Students, researchers and staff with no prior experience with MEG
Participation fees:
- 5-day course: À¦°óSMÉçÇøians: $1,000 - Externals: $1,200;Ìý(4 groups of 3 people each)
- First day only (full-day lectures): À¦°óSMÉçÇøians: $50 - Externals: $100
- Registration
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Program overview
Day 1: Full-day MEG/EEG imaging crash course
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Principles and foundations: physics, physiology, instrumentation and signal formation, neural oscillations
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Typical paradigm designs
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Time series analysis and imaging, event-related responses, spectral and time-frequency decompositions,functional connectivity
Next 4 days are hands-on, in small groups (3 per group, 4 groups max)
Day 2: Hands-on practical paradigm design: design your pilot study in small groups
Day 3: Hands-on data collection: collect your own data
Day 4: Hands-on analysis of collected data using Brainstorm (including software training)
Day 5: Advanced data analysis continues and group presentations: what have we learned?
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Detailed program
Except where indicated, all trainers are members of theÌýMEG@À¦°óSMÉçÇø core unitÌýat the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
Day 1: Lectures
08:00-09:00: Breakfast, Welcome
09:00-13:00: Foundations of MEG/EEG
The physiological origins of scalp signals (Baillet)
Q&A, coffeeÌý
Instrumentation & environment (Bock)
Q&A, coffeeÌý
Basic signal extraction: ERP/ERFs (Moreau) (30mins)
Spectral analysis (Fourier, wavelet decompositions, Hilbert tranform)Ìý(Donhauser)Ìý
13:00-14:00: Lunch break
14:00-18:00:ÌýSpecial Emphasis: Signal Analysis of Neural Oscillations,ÌýCross-Frequency Coupling & Functional Connectivity
Neural oscillations (Jerbi, Dept of Psychology, University of Montreal)
Q&A, coffee (30 mins)
Cross-frequency coupling: methods & what do we know? (Samiee)
Q&A, coffee (30 mins)
Methods for detecting inter-regional interactions (Niso-Galan)
Day 2: MEG by example: Design your first experiment
08:30-12:30: MEG by example
Decision-making (Vaidya)Ìý
Memory - monitoring (Petrides)
Steady-state visual responses (Chadnova)Ìý
Induced visual gamma (Donhauser)
Q&A, coffee (30 mins)
Speech (Donhauser)Ìý
Auditory processes (Albouy)Ìý
Dynamics of multimodal interactions (Morillon)
Real-time imaging & biofeedback, neurofeedback (Samiee)
12:30-13:30: Lunch break
13:30-17:30:ÌýBreak-out groups per neuroscience interest:ÌýDesign your first experiment
Form small focus groups (vision, attention, memory, sensori-motor, etc.)
Brainstorm and design your first MEG studyÌý
Used Psychtoolbox script templates
Test in MEG suite
Day 3: Data collection in practice (antomicalÌýMRI and MEG: 2 hours max per group)
AM: Groups 1 & 2
Free: Groups 3 & 4Ìý
PM: Groups 3 & 4
Free: Groups 1 & 2
Launch Freesurfer pipeline on acquired MRI volumes overnight
Day 4: Hands-on analysis of collected data using Brainstorm
08:00-18:00: Pre-processing/basic analysis on the data they collected
Each group assisted by an MEG expert; includes sofware training with Brainstorm.
Day 5: Advanced data analysis and group presentations
08:00-12:00: Advanced analysis
Each group will be assisted by an MEG expert;Ìýprepare presentations for data analysis competition
13:00-15:00: Data analysis competition
Each group presents to theÌýMEG@À¦°óSMÉçÇøÌýTeam (30 mins each)
Best narrative & analysis wins special prize!