Exercise 01 Themes
About
This page summarizes some of the themes and concepts that students mentioned in responses to Exercise 01.
Methods
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Frequency band analyses (delta, theta, alpha, beta)
- Event-related Potentials (ERPs)
- Components
- N2
- N400
- late positive complex (LPC)
- late positive potential (LPP)
- error-related negativity (ERN)
- Components
- Time Frequency Representation (TFR)
- Coherence
- Wavelets
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
- Multi-modal brain imaging
- diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI)
- diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
- tractography
- functional MRI (fMRI)
- structural MRI, morphometry
- e.g., lateral ventricular volume
- Brain imaging analyses
- voxel
- Independent components analysis (ICA)
- Multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA)
- deconvolution method
- Contrast agents
- Resting state functional connectivity (rsFC), resting state fMRI
- default mode network
- lateral frontoparietal network (LFPN)
Brain development, plasticity, learning
- Synaptic pruning
Autonomic physiology
- Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA)
- Vagal (Xth) cranial nerve
- Sympathetic/parasympathetic drive
- Polyvagal theory
- RSA reactivity, suppression, augmentation
- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis
Brain areas
- Amygdala
- centromedial nuclei
- laterobasal
- Medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)
- Hippocampus
- Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
Psychological states/behavior
- Inhibitory control
- Emotion, fear regulation
- Cognitive appraisal
- Adaptive behavior
- Addictive behavior
- Semantic activation
- Active comprehension
- Predictive processes
- Bilingual language control
- Allostatic load
- Neuropsychoanalysis
- Cognitive reserve
- Attention
Tasks
- Stop-Signal Reaction Time (SSRT)
Endocrine systems
- Oxytocin
- state-like
- trait-like
- Glucocorticoids, e.g. cortisol
- glucocorticoid receptors