SPM Course - EEG & MEG¶
Course programme¶
This is a draft programme of the upcoming online SPM course for EEG and MEG. The course will consist of lectures and practical workshops where attendees will be guided through analyses of different neuroimaging datasets.
Day 1 (19/05/25)¶
| Time | Title | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Pre-course chat with the attendees | SPM faculty |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | SPM introduction and resources | Prof Vladimir Litvak |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | What are we measuring with M/EEG? | Dr Catharina Zich |
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Data preprocessing | Dr Alberto Mariola |
| Break | ||
| 14:00 - 15:10 | Data preprocessing - Demo | Dr Michael Motoussis |
| 15:10 - 16:15 | General linear model (GLM) and classical inference | Prof Martin Dietz |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Convolutional GLM | Dr María Herrojo-Ruiz |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Multiple comparisons - Problems & solutions | Dr Tim Tierney |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | General Q&A | SPM faculty |
Day 2 (20/05/25)¶
| Time | Title | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:30 | General Q&A + student’s show & tell | SPM faculty |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Group M/EEG dataset analysis - Demo | Dr Jason Taylor |
| 12:30 - 13:10 | Analysis of optically pumped magnetometers (OPM) data | Dr Stephanie Mellor |
| 13:10 - 13:45 | OPM data analysis - Demo | Dr Yulia Bezsdunova |
| Break | ||
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Bayesian inference | Dr Dimitris Pinotsis |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | M/EEG source analysis | Prof José David López |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | M/EEG source analysis - Demo | Dr Meaghan Spedden |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | General Q&A | SPM faculty |
Day 3 (21/05/25)¶
| Time | Title | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 11:00 | General Q&A + student’s show & tell | SPM faculty |
| 11:00 - 12:10 | The principles of dynamic causal modelling (DCM) | Dr Arthur Mitchell |
| 12:10 - 13:15 | DCM for evoked responses | Dr Daniel Hauke |
| Break | ||
| 14:15 - 15:15 | DCM for cross-spectral densities | Dr Pranay Yadav |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | DCM - Demo | Julia Rodriguez Sanchez |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Bayesian model selection and averaging | Prof Peter Zeidman |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Q&A clinic with Prof Karl Friston | Prof Karl Friston & SPM faculty |
Day 4 - Practical Day (22/05/25)¶
| Time | Title | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 12:00 | 1on1 Sessions with Students | SPM faculty |
| 12:00 - 13:15 (parallel) | Beginners refresh - Practical session | SPM faculty |
| 12:00 - 13:15 (parallel) | DCM for evoked responses - Practical session | Dr Ashley Tyrer |
| Break | ||
| 14:00 - 15:00 | OP-MEG group meeting | Dr Alberto Mariola |
| 15:00 - 16:15 | SPM-Python | Dr Johan Medrano |
| 16:15 - 17:30 | Source reconstruction in depth | Prof José David López |