EEG Analysis, 3.0 credits

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for studies on third-cycle education courses

• second-cycle degree,
• 240 credits in relevant courses, including at least 60 second-cycle credits
• acquisition of equivalent knowledge in some other manner

Specific information

It is recommended to have participated in “Introduction to EEG and MEG, 1.5 hp” before starting this course, or to demonstrate equivalent knowledge.

Students need to have access to EEGLAB, which can be downloaded from https://sccn.ucsd.edu/wiki/How\_to\_download\_EEGLAB.

EEGLAB runs under MATLAB, which can be downloaded via minit.liu.se. Further information will be given at the start of the course.

The course will be given in either English or Swedish, depending on the linguistic preference of the students.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, the students will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• Understand the procedure for analysis of evoked and induced responses in EEG data

Competence and skills

• Conduct preprocessing of EEG and/or MEG data
• Conduct analysis of evoked responses as well as induced responses in EEG/MEG data

Judgement and approach

Motivate the rationale behind analysis methods relevant to a specific research question

Contents

Topics included in the course are:

Analyses of EEG and MEG data: ERP/ERF, TF, and source analysis

Educational methods

Teaching includes lectures and workshops with theoretical and practical elements (preprocessing, evoked analysis, and induced analysis). The EEG/MEG analyses program EEGLAB (running under MATLAB) will be used for practical exercises. The students are expected to have access to EEGLAB during the workshops and read the course litterature.

Examination

Examination includes an individual written assignment.* *

Students who fail are offered one re-examination occasion in close connection to the course. After that participation in a coming course examination is offered. The re-examination should be equally comprehensive as the ordinary examination.

Grading

Course literature

The course coordinator will provide a list of recommended literature before the start of the course.

General information

Change of examiner

Students who have failed the course or part of the course twice are entitled to request another examiner for the following examination occasion.

Course certificate

On the student’s request, course certificate is issued by the course examiner.

If the course is withdrawn or is subject to major changes, examination according to this syllabus is normally offered at three occasions within/in close connection to the two following semesters.