Methods for Dummies 2006

The SPM Methods for Dummies course for 2006 has now finished.

Slides from the course can be downloaded below
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Below is the timetable for MfD 2006. Meetings are normally held from 12.30-1.30 in the 4th Floor Seminar room at 12 Queen Square, FIL, UCL. We have had a great response from you this year and so are able to expand the course a little to include some new topics related to SPM5 for EEG and MEG.

Lots of you have volunteered to give talks on topics that you don't know much about, which is great. Here are some ideas about how to find out more about your topic: Ask the experts: Will Penny in particular (w.penny@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk) or ask us and we will guide you to other experts you can contact. At the bottom of the page are links to the previous MfD presentations, and you could also contact previous presenters to find out what they found useful. Look at the Human Brain Function website, this is the book written to explain the methods behind SPM. Look at the SPM web pages. Ask the other people at MFD what they'd like to know about the subject.

Remember, the aim is to make these topics understandable to people like yourselves, who may know very little about statistics, imaging or SPM. You're not trying to teach experts. When you are planning you talk, please bear in mind that we've had lots of requests for practical examples. For some of the topics it would be great to include worked examples, either PET or fMRI, EEG or MEG, to illustrate what you are describing.

Good Luck!

Marcus and Davina

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Topics	Date	Presenters	Email
General Introduction	11/01/2006	Davina Bristow
		Marcus Gray
Linear Algebra & Matrices	25/01/2006	Jen Marchant		Algebra & Matrices
		Jon Machtynger	j.machtynger@ucl.ac.uk
T-tests, Anovas & Regression	01/02/2006	Jon Roiser	jroiser@ion.ucl.ac.uk	T, F & Regression
		Pedrag Petrovic
GLM	08/02/2006	Lucia Garrido	m.garrido@ucl.ac.uk	General Linear Model
		Marieke Schovinck	m.scholvinck@ucl.ac.uk
Bayes for Beginners	15/02/2006	Elena Rusconi	e.rusconi@ucl.ac.uk	Bayes for Beginners
		Stuart Rosen	stuart@phonetics.ucl.ac.uk	Bayes Demo
What are we measuring? Basis of the BOLD signal in fMRI	22/02/2006	Geoffrey Tan		Biological Basis of BOLD signal
		Mathias Pessiglione		What are we measuring - MRI Physics
Realigning and un-warping	01/03/2006	Mary Summers	m.summers@ion.ucl.ac.uk	Unwarping
		Laura Germine	l.germine@ucl.ac.uk	Realignment
Co-registration & Spatial Normalisation	08/03/2006	Essi Viding	spjgemc@iop.kcl.ac.uk	Co-Registration & Spatial Normalisation
		Kristin Laurens	K.Laurens@iop.kcl.ac.uk
Study design & efficiency	15/03/2006	Catherine Mulvenna	c.mulvenna@ucl.ac.uk	Study Design
		Tom Jenkins	t.jenkins@ion.ucl.ac.uk	Design Efficiency
1st level analysis - Design matrix, contrasts & inference	22/03/2006	Katya Woollett		First level analysis- Contrasts
		Nico Bunzeck	bunzeck@gmx.net	First level analysis- buttons
Temporal basis functions & Correlated Regressors	29/03/2006	Gary Price	g.price@ion.ucl.ac.uk	Basis Functions
		Patti Adank	sslypad@ucl.ac.uk	Correlated Regressors & Multicollinearity
Buttons in SPM5	05/04/2006	Carolyn McGettigan	sslycam@ucl.ac.uk	Buttons in SPM5
		Alice Grogan	a.grogan@ucl.ac.uk
2^nd level analysis – design matrix, contrasts and inference	12/04/2006	Alex Leff		2nd Level Analysis; Design contrast & inference
Random Field Theory	19/04/2006	David Carmichael	d.carmichael@ion.ucl.ac.uk	Random Field theory
What are we measuring in EEG and MEG?	03/05/2006	Isabell Zlobinski	I.Zlobinski@gmx.net	What do we measure with EEG MEG?
		Xavier De Tiege	xdetiege@ulb.ac.be	What are we measuring with EEG MEG?
Pre-processing for EEG & MEG	10/05/2006	Tom Schofield		Preprocessing for EEG & MEG
		Ed Roberts	shedroberts@gmail.com
Experimental Design, Contrasts & Inference - EEG & MEG	17/05/2006	Outi Tuomainen	o.tuomainen@ucl.ac.uk	Contrasts & inference – EEG MEG
		Rimona Weil		Contrasts & Analysis – EEG&MEG
Source localisation for EEG & MEG	24/05/2006	Bahador Bahrami	bbahrami@ucl.ac.uk	Source Localisation for EEG MEG
Introduction to connectivity - PPI & SEM	31/05/2006	Disa Sauter	disa.sauter@ucl.ac.uk	PPI and SEM
		Zillah Borastan	z.boraston@ich.ucl.ac.uk
DCM for fMRI –Theory	07/06/2006	Hanneke den Ouden		DCM for fMRI Theory
		Demis Hassabis
DCM for fMRI – Practice	21/06/2006	Velia Cardin	v.cardin@ucl.ac.uk	DCM for fMRI Prac
DCM for ERP/ERF – Theory	28/06/2006	Marta Garrido		DCM for ERP
		Quentin Huys	qhuys[at]gatsby.ucl.ac.uk
VBM	12/07/2006	Stefan Kloppel		VBM
		Susie Henley	shenley@dementia.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Previous MfD slides and SPM Resources:

Below are links for the previous Methods For Dummies SPM courses which have been run at the FIL. In addition, there are links for further information on MRI Physics, and links to pages hosted by the CBU, Cambridge. Probably the best place to go for a thorough grounding in the theory underlying Statistical Parametric Mapping and its implementation using the SPM software is the Human Brain Function Textbook. Specific questions relating to SPM5 use, whether the imaging modality is fMRI, PET, EEG or MEG, try searching the SPM email archives, or posting a question yourself.

MfD 2003 MfD 2004 MfD 2005 SPM - Central Rik Henson's Short SPM Course Human Brain Function SPM @ Wikipedia MRI Physics Animated Introduction to MRI Physics

For further information or to be added to the mailing list, contact Marcus or Davina Bristow

Page last updated: 18^th July 2006

Here is the TBR Toolbox used for transforming raw files prior to analysis in SPM5: TBR_ZIP