Mastering Psychopy For Psychology And Neuroscience

A Course on Cognitive Task Design with PsychoPy

What you'll learn

Foundations of Cognitive Tasks: Gain a comprehensive understanding of cognitive tasks, including a brief history, mental chronometry, and the anatomy of tasks.

Paradigms in Cognitive Experiments: Explore key paradigms like Go/NoGo, Oddball and Stroop.

Experiment Building with Psychopy: Acquire hands-on experience with Psychopy, from installation to creating your first experiment.

Integrating Psychopy with EEG and fMRI Devices: Students will gain proficiency in connecting Psychopy to EEG (Electroencephalography) and fMRI.

Requirements

This is an introductory course for beginners. No programming or preinstalled software is needed. The only required software includes Psychopy and FaceGen Modeller, both of which will be demonstrated how to install during the course. The course will focus on Builder View of the software. The only thing you need is a keyboard and a mouse and also a curious mind.

Description

This comprehensive course will help you get the full potential of PsychoPy for psychology and neuroscience experiments. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, this course equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel. This course is suited for: Beginners in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroscience who want to design and conduct experiments using PsychoPy's Builder View. Professionals and researchers aiming to enhance their skills in experimental design and implementation.This is an introductory course for beginners. No programming or preinstalled software is needed. The only required software includes Psychopy and FaceGen Modeller, both of which will be demonstrated how to install during the course. The course will focus on Builder View of the software. The only thing you need is a keyboard and a mouse and also a curious mind.Following the foundations, the course explores "Paradigms in Cognitive Experiments," where students will study prominent paradigms such as the Go/NoGo, Oddball, and Stroop tasks. These paradigms are crucial for understanding cognitive processing and are widely used in both psychological and neuroscientific research. The module covers the psychological and neuroscientific basis of these paradigms, their clinical relevance, and the theories underlying each, providing a comprehensive view of how these experiments are pivotal in cognitive research.A practical component of the course is "Experiment Building with PsychoPy," where students get hands-on experience with PsychoPy software, from installation to creating their first experiment. This section teaches how to set up experimental conditions, present stimuli, record responses, and analyze the results, offering a complete toolkit for conducting cognitive psychology experiments.The course also includes a segment on "Specialized Experiments," focusing on advanced topics such as utilizing facial images for social experiments with tools like FaceGen Modeller. Furthermore, students will learn to integrate PsychoPy with EEG (Electroencephalography) and fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) devices, a skill that greatly expands the scope of their research capabilities by incorporating neuroimaging techniques.Enroll now to master experimental design with PsychoPy!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to cognitive tasks

Lecture 1 A short history

Lecture 2 True mental chronometry

Lecture 3 The Anatomy of a task

Section 2: Important paradigms in cognitive experiments

Lecture 4 Intro to GoNogo Paradigm

Lecture 5 GoNogo Parameters

Lecture 6 Neuroscience of GoNogo

Lecture 7 GoNogo in Clinical Research

Lecture 8 Intro to Oddball Paradigm

Lecture 9 Neuroscience of Oddball

Lecture 10 Intro to Stroop Paradigm

Lecture 11 Neuroscience and Theories of Stroop

Section 3: Start working with PsychoPy

Lecture 12 Psychopy Installation

Lecture 13 An overview of Psychopy

Lecture 14 Sketch of the Experiment

Lecture 15 Setting-up the conditions file

Lecture 16 Presenting simple text on the screen

Lecture 17 Presenting simple text on the screen

Lecture 18 Iterating over trials

Lecture 19 Adding ISIs (Inter-trial intervals)

Lecture 20 Presenting and recording based on the conditions

Lecture 21 Introduction and end pages

Lecture 22 Review the results

Section 4: Using facial images for a social experiment

Lecture 23 Intro to a facial emotion experiment

Lecture 24 Intro to FaceGen Modeller

Lecture 25 Creating emotional face stimuli

Lecture 26 Setting-up the conditions file

Lecture 27 Presenting the images and recording responses

Lecture 28 Setting the background and stimuli size

Lecture 29 Creating masks for facial images

Lecture 30 Adding movie clips

Section 5: Stimuli changes on the screen

Lecture 31 Stimuli change considering size and position

Lecture 32 Color changes

Section 6: Creating ratings and questionaries

Lecture 33 The PANAS rating

Lecture 34 Create conditions file for scales

Lecture 35 Using sliders for the scales

Lecture 36 Mental number line task

Lecture 37 MNL task with slider

Lecture 38 Creating conditions of questionnaire

Lecture 39 Using form responses

Lecture 40 Button for submission of form

Section 7: Integrating Psychopy with EEG and fMRI

Lecture 41 What are triggers

Lecture 42 Sending EEG triggers

Lecture 43 Integrating with fMRI device

Lecture 44 Using PsychoPy Demos and last words

Section 8: Materials

Lecture 45 Materials

Lecture 46 Factial Emotion

Lecture 47 Ratings and Questionnaires

Section 9: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 48 Bonus

This course is designed for beginners in the fields of psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroscience who aspire to independently design and conduct experiments using PsychoPy Builder View. It is also suitable for experts looking to enhance their skills in experimental design and implementation.