Research lab I [2500-EN-COG-OB1L-7] Semestr letni 2020/21
Praktyka, grupa nr 2

Projects/topics:

1. Objective and subjective social isolation, social cognition and inhibitory control — EEG/ECG study

+ prerequisites:

- completion of EEG part of Methods in Neuroscience (February 2020)

- basic behavioral data analysis and statistical skills

+available activities:

- task preparation in NBS Presentation

- participant preparation and EEG/ECG data collection

- physiological data preprocessing and analysis

+ learning outcomes:

- knowledge of behavioral data analysis in R environment

- knowledge of physiological data analysis with MATLAB, EEGlab/ERPlab and Kubios/HRVTool methods

- experience in EEG techniques and study protocols

2. How does loneliness impact social information processing? From neural activity through physiological markers to everyday functioning

+ prerequisites:

- basic behavioral and neuroimaging analysis skills

+ available activities:

- task preparation in NBS Presentation

- participant preparation and fMRI data collection

- fMRI, physiological and ESM data preprocessing and analysis

+ learning outcomes:

- knowledge of behavioral data analysis in R environment

- knowledge of structural and functional fMRI data analysis with MATLAB + SPM based toolboxes

- experience in fMRI protocols

- experience in wearable techniques and ESM study protocols

Possible topics for masters dissertations:

Preliminary ideas:

- Social brain structure in lonely individuals

- Loneliness and resting brain networks

- Resting brain activity, social cognition and schizophrenia

- From lab to real life — correspondence of wearable and stationary physiocological measurement