PSYCH 793Electrophysiology Methodologies in Brain Research: from Basic Concepts to Lab Practice

This course offers the basic knowledge necessary to understand and carry research in psychology using the electro-encephalography (EEG) and event-related-potential (ERP) methodologies in humans. Students will learn the principles behind the EEG/ERP recordings and analyses, how to design EEG studies in normal and abnormal populations and across the life-time and how to analyze and interpret EEG and ERP data, including source localization. The course is composed of a theoretical part and a practial hands-on lab component in which students will see how to test and record human subjects in EEG and how to analyze their recordings using specific software. Students willing to incorporate EEG as part of their research are strongly encouraged to attend this course.