Brain Measurement Science I & II

This course introduces the fundamentals of scientific research methods through behavioral and brain-function studies related to human language processing.

Syllabus

Session	Topic	Materials
1	Introduction to brain measurement science: scientific approaches, research notes, and research ethics	None
2	Creating behavioral experiments with JavaScript: presenting text, images, audio, and video	Introduction to jsPsych 8.3.0
3	Creating behavioral experiments with JavaScript: building practical cognitive tasks	Introduction to jsPsych 8.3.0
4	Conducting behavioral experiments with JavaScript	None
5	Analyzing behavioral data with MATLAB: loops and conditionals	None
6	Analyzing behavioral data with MATLAB: t-tests and ANOVA	None
7	Student presentations	None
8–10	EEG measurement	None
11–13	EEG data analysis using analysis toolboxes and scripts	None
14	Student presentations	None
15	Course review	None

Brain Measurement Science III & IV

Students learn research skills through projects involving behavioral research and brain-function measurements. Topics include literature searches with PubMed, eye tracking, questionnaires, web surveys, EEG and fNIRS equipment, data analysis with MATLAB and Excel, critical evaluation of results, oral presentations, and academic writing. Group work develops collaborative problem-solving skills.

Syllabus

Session	Topic
1	Introduction to brain measurement science
2–3	Developing research topics in groups; fNIRS measurement
4–5	Literature review, discussion, and fNIRS measurement
6–7	Planning data collection, creating tasks and stimuli, and fNIRS analysis
8–9	Preliminary data collection
10–11	Basic data analysis and reassessing task validity
12–13	Main data collection
14	Data analysis
15	Presentations and course review