Course Description:

This course reviews brain imaging methods most commonly used in neuroscience and experimental psychology. The goals of the course are to understand what various brain imaging methods are measuring, to learn about what kinds of questions can and cannot be answered with these types of techniques, and finally, to be able to critically evaluate claims made in the scientific and popular press based on this data. This course will focus on exciting research in this field to achieve these goals.

 

Time and Location:

Hodson 211 Thursday 1:30 - 3:50 PM

 

 

Announcements:

Choice of topic for experiment design term project due in class on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 1:30 pm in Hodson 211

 

 

Contacts:

Professor: Dr. Susan Courtney
Office: 227 Ames Hall
Email: courtney@jhu.edu
Phone: 516-8894
Office hrs: Monday 1:30-2:30 and Thursday 9:00-10:00

TA: Arnold Bakker
Office: 122 Ames Hall
Phone: 516-6577
Email: abakker@jhu.edu
Office hrs: By appointment

Please direct any comments/questions about this website to abakker@jhu.edu

 

 

 

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