ynic-users October 2023

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"Cogs": YNiC's new Cognitive Neuroscience Discussion Group

by Tom Hartley

On Friday October 27th at 12:15 we are launching the “Cogs” discussion group at YNiC. Cogs runs alongside existing YNiC events and is intended to help build an inclusive research culture by welcoming people to the centre and talking about new and exciting ideas in cognitive neuroscience. This could include talking about recent papers or new tools, but beyond that we’re pretty open-minded, so the first meeting will be a chance to share your thoughts on the format and what we can do to make it work best for you. Cogs is open to everyone with an interest in cognitive neuroscience research, whether that’s undergraduates or masters students running projects at YNiC, PhD students, postdocs, academic staff and the YNiC team. This semester Cogs sessions will start at 12.15 on alternate weeks Semester 1, Week 5, October 27th 12.15 Inaugural welcome and discussion Further dates this semester - presenters/topics to be announced in due course (let us know if you want to present, now or in the future) Semester 1, Week 6, November 10th 12.15 Semester 1, Week 8, November 24th 12.15 Semester 1, Week 10, December 8th 12.15 This timetable will be reviewed at the end of the semester, so let us know if it works/doesn't work for you and we'll try to take that into account. Tom (YNiC Community Coordinator) & Beth (Co-Director, YNiC) Email cogs(a)ynic.york.ac.uk with your thoughts and suggestions for topics/presenters. ============ Dr Tom Hartley (Senior Lecturer) Dept. of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK +44 1904 322903 https://www-users.york.ac.uk/~th512 <http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~th512> https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/faculty/th512/ <http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/faculty/th512/>

1 year, 6 months

YNiC Seminar Tomorrow 4pm!

by Jennifer Ashton

Hi Everyone, We have our YNiC seminar tomorrow at 4pm. *Dr Arianna Moccia *will be presenting her talk titled: *How do we select memories? Goal-states and consequences of the pre-retrieval control of episodic memory.* We really hope to see everyone at YNiC! If you are unable to attend the talk in person, you can catch it on zoom using the following link: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96762553290?pwd=UEluT1lMd3V5azY5YzNmWkJCV1VTdz… <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96762553290?pwd%3…> . We look forward to seeing you tomorrow! Many thanks, Jennifer -- Jennifer Ashton, PhD Senior Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

1 year, 7 months

Fwd: Making your MATLAB Code faster • Wednesday 1 November • 1pm to 4.30pm • AEW/004 PC Room

by Joe Lyons

There's a MATLAB workshop bring run next week by the Research Coding Club just round the corner from YNiC. It will be presented by Mike Croucher, Customer Success Engineer at MathWorks. You can register using the Google Form below if you'd like to attend. Thanks Joe ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Philip Harrison <philip.harrison(a)york.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 at 11:35 Subject: Making your MATLAB Code faster • Wednesday 1 November • 1pm to 4.30pm • AEW/004 PC Room To: viking-users <viking-users-group(a)york.ac.uk> Hello everyone The first Research Coding Club session of the semester is happening next *Wednesday 1st November from 1pm to 4:30pm*, in-person in PC Room AEW/004 <https://www.york.ac.uk/map/#locidaew-004> and it's all about Making your MATLAB Code faster. Do you write MATLAB code and wish it went a little faster? In this hands-on workshop, you will learn a range of techniques in how to make MATLAB go faster including modern MATLAB programming techniques, GPU and parallel computing. For more information, please visit the sign-up form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebNWCu_fvgApUo71PD5mGcNmYyZHYyoDO…>. Please share these details with students and colleagues. Get in touch if you have any questions and hope to see you there. Phil -- Dr Philip Harrison Research Software Engineer Team Lead Research IT Team, IT Services University of York V/B/115 - 01904 32 2668 Email disclaimer <https://www.york.ac.uk/about/legal-statements/email-disclaimer/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "viking-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viking-users-group+unsubscribe(a)york.ac.uk. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/d/msgid/viking-users-group/CAAPyAr7D… <https://groups.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/d/msgid/viking-users-group/CAAPyAr7D…> . -- Thanks Joe Lyons, Systems Administrator York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York joe.lyons(a)york.ac.uk 01904 325949 | 01904 325940

1 year, 7 months

DPIA_183_v3 and university servers

by Fiona McNab

Hi All, In DPIA_183, we now have approval to store YNIC data on University servers (not just YNIC servers). Version 3 (attached) replaces version 2, and it will appear on the YNIC forms website <https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/york-neuroimaging-centre/forms/> shortly. Best wishes, Fiona

1 year, 7 months

YNiC Seminar next Wednesday!

by Rebecca Lowndes

Hi all, Dr Arianna Moccia will be presenting her talk entitled: *How do we select memories? Goal-states and consequences of the pre-retrieval control of episodic memory* We really hope to see everyone at YNiC! The talks will take place *next Wednesday (the 25th of October) at 4pm*. If you are unable to attend the talk in person, you can catch it on zoom using the following link: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96762553290?pwd=UEluT1lMd3V5azY5YzNmWkJCV1VTdz… <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96762553290?pwd%3…> . Quick reminder that all our upcoming seminar talks are on our YNiC seminar calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y19mZDNiNjNhY2Y4NzNiZDVkYzhhZD… We look forward to seeing you then! Becky Selective retrieval means picking specific memories out of many encoded traces to inform present actions. To do so, control processes need to act prior to the point of retrieval. Neuroimaging has shown that we can select memories in this way, but little is known about the factors and mechanisms that enable pre-retrieval selection in episodic memory. We tested this in a first set of electrophysiological studies. Results showed that internal control modified recollection-related ERPs – the left parietal old/new effects – when the external retrieval cues overlapped with targeted traces. Goal-related effects arising from comparing ERPs elicited by the new items also tracked cue overlap before recollection was complete, indicating that control was engaged prior to retrieval. But how is selection achieved during retrieval? Using multivariate pattern analysis in these two datasets, we showed that study phase neural patterns matching the current retrieval goal were reinstated before the retrieval cues were presented, indicating that study context was reinstated in preparation to retrieve targeted information. A final study using fMRI to investigate selective retrieval in the brain showed that internal goals alone modified activation and neural representations of task-relevant features in content-specific regions. Goal- directed preparatory reinstatement of study context was detected in both domain-general control regions and content-specific regions. However, while activation in domain general areas predicted subsequent memory performance, goal-directed reinstatement did not do so significantly, suggesting that further, generic control mechanisms may support readiness to remember sought-for episodic information. -- Rebecca Lowndes Research Technician York Neuroimaging Centre

1 year, 7 months

YNiC - Changes to booking system & operator cover

by Aidan Horner

Dear all, Beth, myself, and all the YNiC staff are working hard to ensure YNiC is an open and inclusive environment to conduct amazing cognitive neuroscience research. Part of that is reviewing a lot of our current policies and making changes where we think it will help. One current bottleneck for accessing the MRI scanner is the need for all "operator-covered", bookable slots to have two YNiC staff acting as operators. This severely limits the number of hours we can make available on the booking system. When YNiC provides both operators, groups do not need to provide an operator but many groups already have someone who is at least level 0 trained. We are looking to get even more YNiC researchers trained up to reduce this bottleneck and thus make more "operator-covered" bookable slots available. To increase bookable hours, we are moving to a system where YNiC ensures one YNiC staff as operator. This means, by default, you will be expected to provide one level 0 trained individual (usually the person running the study), to ensure we have at least one level 0 and one level 1 individual present at all scans (in line with existing policy). This will increase the number of operator-covered bookable hours per week from ~10 - ~16hours. Note, if your lab can provide at least a level 1 and level 0 operator, you are still able to book the MRI scanner outside of these hours. We believe this shouldn't affect any projects that are currently running, but please get in touch if this is not the case. For future projects, you will be expected to provide a level 0 trained individual by default. If you cannot do this, then this shouldn't prevent you from scanning - get in contact with us and we can work something out. The only real change is we are moving from two YNiC staff by default (with exceptions when the researcher is level 0 trained) to one YNiC staff by default (with exceptions when the researcher isn't level 0 trained). Finally, all supervisors of MSci projects that are about to start scanning will be emailed directly by a YNiC staff member to ask what support they need. Please respond to this email as soon as possible so that we can ensure these projects run as smoothly as possible. I hope this change, and the rationale for making the change, are clear. Please get in contact with me and Beth if this is not the case, or you have specific concerns about how this change might impact your research. Best wishes, Aidan -- ===================================================================== York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) Directors Prof Beth Jefferies - Co-Director for Research Dr Aidan Horner - Co-Director for Strategy & Operations https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/york-neuroimaging-centre/ =====================================================================

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