Dear all,
While struggling to co-exist with Matlab, I have found some excellent
documentation online which I thought others might find useful. The
first, and probably most useful for those already familiar with using
Matlab, is a tips & tricks document which covers various techniques of
array and matrix manipulation, which can save you a lot of coding and
time searching through the Matlab help library. You can download/view it
online here:
http://home.online.no/~pjacklam/matlab/doc/mtt/doc/mtt.pdf
For those who are just starting Matlab, or need a more extensive
reference, the official Matlab 'Getting Started' guide is worth a read:
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/pdf_doc/matlab/getstart.pdf
as is the suitabily named 'Matlab for Psychologists':
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~antonia/matlab_for_psychologists.pdf
Finally, the following page contains lots of useful links to similar
documents, including guides to speed up Matlab code through vectorizing:
http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~marios/matlab/matlab_tricks.html
I hope these are a useful resource for the Matlab users out there.
Best wishes,
Padraig
--
Pádraig Kitterick
Graduate Student
Department of Psychology
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 43 3170
Email: p.kitterick(a)psych.york.ac.uk
Dear all,
just a reminder about the seminar this afternoon. Andy Young will be
presenting his seminar on:
'Neural responses to moving faces'
Usual time 4pm, usual place, YNiC open plan.
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear colleagues
The MRI system RF amplifier will be replaced tomorrow (Tuesday the 26th)
afternoon. For the rest of the week we will be soak testing the new amp
and the new receiver system.
If you use the new system and detect ANY problems, please let us know.
We are interested in even the smallest of problems.
I will email you all with an update later in the week.
Other news:
We now have MEG compatible lenses and lens holder. We need
people/projects who use subjects that normally wear glasses to try it
out and give us feedback. A 'how-to' session will be included in the
Thursday session on the 5th of July.
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
tel. 01904 435349
fax 01904 435356
mobile 07986 778954
Dear all,
following the in-depth discussions after Laura Lee's presentation last
week, Andy Young will now be presenting his seminar on:
'Neural responses to moving faces'
this Thursday (28th June). Usual time 4pm, usual place, YNiC open plan.
There will be refreshments afterwards.
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear All,
Silke and I interviewed a number of our current second year students
yesterday for a summer bursary and were impressed by the standard. Many
of the students expressed an interest in pursuing a research career in
neuroimaging. We only had a couple of bursarys available, so I was
wondering if anyone needed some help over the summer. I have spoken to
a few of you about this, but, if anyone else is interested, let me know
and I will be able to advise on suitable candidates.
Best wishes,
Tim
--
Dr Tim Andrews
Department of Psychology
University of York
York, YO10 5DD
UK
Tel: 44-1904-434356
Fax: 44-1904-433181
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ta505/http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/psych/www/admissions/cns/
Dear all,
there will be two speakers at this weeks YNiC Thursday evening Seminar.
Usual time, 4pm, usual place, YNiC Open Plan.
Laura Lee will start the session with an update on her study comparing
localisation of visual regions in fMRI and MEG. Then Andy Young will be
presenting work on 'Neural responses to moving faces'.
Afterwards there will be wine.
See you there,
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear all,
Just a reminder that Tom Hartley will be giving the Thursday evening
YNiC Seminar tonight. Usual time (4pm), usual place (YNiC Open Plan).
The title of the seminar is:
Voxel Based Morphometry (VBM) - outline of method and application to
topographical memory.
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear All,
Unfortunately my previous messages concerning MRI scanning appear not to
have had the desired effect. Many investigators are still not fully
prepared for their scan sessions and are expecting far too much from
Chris, our new radiographer. This is putting her in an unfair position.
The attached form will therefore have to be completed by investigators for
all MRI projects. No form = No Scan!
An example of a completed form is also attached for your reference. Chris
has started to compile a file of the forms so that she will be able to
set up scans appropriately for each project.
If any student investigators you supervise are not reached by this
message, please liaise with them so that forms are submitted ahead of any
scan sessions they intend to book.
Tony
Dear all,
Tom Hartley will be giving the Thursday evening YNiC Seminar this week.
Usual time (4pm), usual place (YNiC Open Plan).
The title of the seminar is:
Voxel Based Morphometry (VBM) - outline of method and application to
topographical memory.
And yes, there'll be wine ;-)
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
We are sorry to have to tell you that Piers Cornelissen has postponed
his presentation for this Thursday (31st). There will therefore not be a
meeting this week.
The next Thursday seminar is on the 14th of June at 4.00pm
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
tel. 01904 435349
fax 01904 435356
mobile 07986 778954
Dear All
The Department has been awarded £12,450 from the
University's Strategic Equipment Fund for the
purchase of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
(TMS) equipment. This is first and foremost a
contribution towards the start-up needs of Silke
Goebel and Beth Jefferies, but once the equipment
is purchased and installed in YNiC later this
year, it will be available to others when Silke
and Beth are not using it.
Andy
--
Professor Andy Ellis
Department of Psychology
University of York
York YO10 5DD
England
Tel. +44 (0)1904 433140
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/psych/www/people/biogs/awe1.html
GARY told me to post this to YNiC users, as it is not documented anywhere.
Just following orders... (And some users do operate for themselves!!!)
On May 23 2007, Andre wrote:
>YNIC USERS SHOULD NOT BE CHANGING THESE SETTINGS!
>
>PERIOD!
>
>It is the operator's job.
>
>************************************************************************
>
>Andre Gouws
>User Support Manager
>York Neuroimaging Centre
>The Biocentre
>York Science Park
>Heslington
>YO10 5DG
>
>Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435328
>Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
>
>
>
>lmb503(a)york.ac.uk wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> Some time-saving tips for when using the supine projector screen in
>> MEG....
>>
>> Orientation needs to be changed using projector handset:
>> Menu - Main - Mirror- H&V invert
>>
>> Image can be moved up/down using projector handset 'Lens shift' buttons.
>>
>> Image also needs to be much smaller than for standard projector, as it
>> gets 'amplified' by the greater distance.
>>
>> Lisa Brindley
>>
>>
>>
>
Dear all
Some time-saving tips for when using the supine projector screen in MEG....
Orientation needs to be changed using projector handset:
Menu - Main - Mirror- H&V invert
Image can be moved up/down using projector handset 'Lens shift' buttons.
Image also needs to be much smaller than for standard projector, as it
gets 'amplified' by the greater distance.
Lisa Brindley
Hello all,
Well after a rather disappointing turn out last week I can only
apologise again for the lack of alcohol following Michael's talk and
reassure everyone that normal service will be resumed, the wine is ready
and waiting.
Even better though is the prospect of a project proposal from Jakke
Tamminen, and a brainstorm feedback from Laura Lee.
Jakke will be talking about his project "Neural correlates of novel word
learning".
Laura will talk about "Outcomes of Brainstorming. Comparing fMRI & MEG;
category-selectivity in the visual cortex". Laura's asked me to
emphasise that this won't be the same as her departmental talk, she'll
be talking much more about techniques and analysis rather than results,
discussing filtering, block design in MEG and virtual electrodes, so
there's sure to be something for everyone.
Hope to see you all on Thursday,
Thanks,
Sam
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--
Professor Andy Ellis
Department of Psychology
University of York
York YO10 5DD
England
Tel. +44 (0)1904 433140
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/psych/www/people/biogs/awe1.html
Hello all,
Just a reminder that tomorrow evening the Thursday evening session at
YNiC will consist of Garreth giving a project presentation for his next
MEG study, looking at amplitude modulation, and Angel talking about the
usefulness of noise reduction for different data sets.
We've got the next couple of weeks' sessions booked, but this is now
your chance to volunteer to 'run' a session. You can present work,
ideas, problems, or opt for a more traditional journal club approach. If
we don't have any volunteers stepping forward, we'll be moving to the
"who hasn't stepped back" method instead :)
Hope to see you tomorrow,
Sam
Dear all,
a number of you have asked for a copy of the presentation on
oscillations that I gave last night. It can now be downloaded as a pdf here:
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docwiki/MEG_Experiments
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear all,
I will be giving the YNiC Thursday evening seminar this Thursday, 10th
May, at 4pm in YNiC Open Plan.
I plan to present an introduction to oscillatory brain activity, and
then discuss the linked article which studies whether 'oscillations in
brain potentials are mere epiphenomena'. The article is short, only a
letter, and so is not arduous to read in advance.
This should be of particular interest to anyone currently analysing MEG
data, or about to embark on an MEG study.
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/events/ynic-thursday-seminar/
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Dear YNiC Users
I will be "YNiC representative" in the Cognitive Roundtable session at
the 4-D Users meeting in June. The aim is to showcase MEG data generated
by the YNiC analysis tools to the rest of the 4-D User community.
Therefore I am looking for some data from cognitive experiments to
include in my presentation, particularly if you have also done some
beamforming and virtual electrode analysis.
The catch is that I will only have 5-7 minutes to deliver the
presentation. I am hoping to provide the audience with a brief overview
of a few different cognitive studies within this 5-7 minutes. I am
planning to present a maximum of 5 experiments (it does not have to be a
complete data set) and talk about each study for about 1 min.
If you would like your study to be presented in this way at the 4-D
Users meeting, please get in touch with me and we can start working on
your slides.
Best wishes
Rebecca
--
************************************************************************
Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Hello all,
This week's Thursday session will be an "open" brainstorm in which
Philip Quinlan will talk about some of his results so far using MEG to
investigate the processing of chimaeric sounds. As well as an
interesting discussion, the session will provide those who have not yet
had a brainstorm an opportunity see what's on offer.
If that's not enough to tempt you, the usual alcohol bribe is also in place.
Thanks,
Sam.
--
Sam Johnson
Science Manager, York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York
http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
Due to popular demand, Holly's talk will now start at 2pm.
Holly Bridge, Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, University of Oxford will be talking
on the following at YNiC.
Combining diffusion-weighted and functional MRI to investigate normal
and abnormal human visual cortex
Time: 2-3pm
Date: 2nd May
Cheers
Tony