Hi everyone
Just one notice this week, there will be no support at YNiC on Wednesday
12th June, due to staff attending the Yorkshire Vision Network meeting.
The centre will still be open for use.
Hope you have a good week.
Kind regards
Lauren
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone
Please be aware that the majority of YNiC staff will be unavailable on 12th
June for the Yorkshire Vision Network meeting. Therefore, there will be no
support or operator cover on this day, but the centre will still be open.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi all
Please be aware that next week (w/c 3rd June) we have very limited Level 3
availability for signing off safety forms. If you have any participants
being scanned next week that will need a signature you must get these
signed-off no later than Monday afternoon.
You can get the participant safety form printed at reception, and you can
also hand these back to reception once the forms are signed if you have
nowhere safe to store them before the scan. Reception will attach the
signed form …
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on the day of the scan.
It should be noted that it is standard procedure to obtain signatures in
advance of the scan day - we cannot guarantee that booked scans will go
ahead if a signature is not obtained in advance.
We appreciate your understanding in this process, and in the importance of
participant safety over research.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kind regards
Lauren
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi everyone
Just a reminder that we have guest speaker Dr Vincent Costa giving a talk
at YNiC this afternoon at 4pm, followed by refreshments. This promises to
be an interesting session, and we encourage you all to attend:
-
*Title: *More than a feeling: A comparison of amygdala and ventral striatum
contributions to reinforcement learning
*Abstract:* If you ask a neuroscientist about emotion, they would probably
give you the skinny about every amygdala study ever written. If you ask
them …
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references to the ventral striatum. But I’ll bet they can’t tell you what
specific computations are computed in the amygdala relative to the ventral
striatum. This is because traditional views of reinforcement learning have
held that the striatum integrates dopaminergic reward prediction errors to
facilitate learning, but have not ascribed a specific role for the
amygdala. After decades of research suggesting the amygdala mainly
contributes to emotion and simpler forms of associative learning,
researchers are just beginning to explore the computational boundaries of
amygdala function. The emerging perspective, which I will discuss, is that
standard accounts of reinforcement learning that emphasize stratal and
cortical contributions, should be revised to include a key role for the
amygdala.
Hope to see you there!
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi everyone
I hope you had a good Bank Holiday weekend.
This week we have two talks at YNiC:
1. *Wednesday 29th at 2pm* - project presentation by Dr Daniel
Baker on *"Electromagnetic
indices of spatial summation in visual cortex*"
2. *Thursday 30th at 4pm *- guest speaker Dr Vincent Costa will be
visiting us from Oregon Health & Science University. This promises to be
an interesting session, and we encourage you all to attend:
*Title: *More than a feeling: A …
[View More]comparison of amygdala and ventral
striatum contributions to reinforcement learning
*Abstract:* If you ask a neuroscientist about emotion, they would
probably give you the skinny about every amygdala study ever written. If
you ask them about reward, they would probably give you a syllabus filled
with references to the ventral striatum. But I’ll bet they can’t tell you
what specific computations are computed in the amygdala relative to the
ventral striatum. This is because traditional views of reinforcement
learning have held that the striatum integrates dopaminergic reward
prediction errors to facilitate learning, but have not ascribed a specific
role for the amygdala. After decades of research suggesting the amygdala
mainly contributes to emotion and simpler forms of associative learning,
researchers are just beginning to explore the computational boundaries of
amygdala function. The emerging perspective, which I will discuss, is that
standard accounts of reinforcement learning that emphasize stratal and
cortical contributions, should be revised to include a key role for the
amygdala.
Both talks will take place in YNiC open plan, and will be followed by
refreshments.
We hope to see you there!
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi everyone
We have a couple of updates for you this week:
1. We now have new monitors for all of the stimulus PCs, which have a
resolution of 1920x1080, and are capable of 120Hz refresh rate. We will
add instructions next to each stim PC on how to check/change the refresh
rate on your user profile.
2. The centre will be *closed on Monday 27th May*, for the bank holiday.
3. We will be running our next *YNiC user induction this Wednesday 22nd
May at 2pm*. If you are …
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an IT account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first.
Please ask them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the
next induction date.
Hope you have a good week!
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi everyone
This week we have a Project Presentation at* 4pm on Thursday* in YNiC open
plan, from Dr Magda Sliwinska and Dr David Pitcher on "Investigating how
the parietal cortex contributes to foreign language learning". The talk
will be followed by refreshments.
*IMPORTANT REMINDER: *We will be running clinical scanning on GE tomorrow
(Tuesday 14th May), which will overlap with the MSc scanning on Siemens.
If you are scanning during these sessions please act professionally,
particularly …
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Hope you have a great week.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi all
This *Thursday 9th May at 4pm* we have a project presentation from Dr Lisa
Henderson and Dr Elaine van Rijn on "MR correlates of sleep parameters";
the talk will be in YNiC open plan and will be followed by refreshments.
*IMPORTANT:* Please be aware that next Tuesday 14th May we will be running
clinical scanning on GE, which will overlap with the MSc scanning on
Siemens. If you are scanning during these sessions please act
professionally, particularly around the reception and MRI …
[View More]corridor.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi everyone
We have some bonus news for you this week at YNiC:
1. This* Thursday 2nd May at 4pm *we will have two project presentations
from Dr David Pitcher's lab: "TMS investigation of object priming" and "TMS
investigation of face pareidolia". Talks will be held in open plan and
shall be followed by refreshments.
2. As you may be aware we have another Bank Holiday on* Monday 6th May*,
and therefore the Centre will be *closed*.
We hope to see you on Thursday afternoon …
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Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi all
This week the MSc projects will begin on both scanners, and will continue
for the next 10 weeks, so the scanners will be continually busy over this
period.
Please be aware that during busy scanning periods it can take longer for
data to appear in subject folders, particularly for subjects that have
never been scanned before. We will always check that data gets sent, so
please *only* contact if an incomplete dataset has come through for a
subject e.g. one scan is missing from a scan …
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Have a great week!
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi everyone
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. There is not much to note this
week at YNiC, but please be aware that from next week we will have 10 weeks
of MSc project scanning in both GE and Siemens. The restricted booking
slots for these scans are marked on the booking system, and are not
bookable by any other project.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
…
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York
YO10 5NY
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Hello everyone,
We are holding the next meeting of the YNIC Science Committee on Monday the
29th of April at 2pm. If you have an issues that you would like me to raise
for the committee please let me know. Feel free to contact me via email, or
to set up a time to chat in person.
Jonny
--
Jonathan Smallwood, Professor in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room E008, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Hi all
Just a reminder that YNiC will be closed this Friday 19th and Monday 22nd
for the bank holidays.
I hope you all enjoy the lovely long weekend!
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi there,
There is a *slot available from 15:45 until 17:00 tomorrow in the Siemens*
in case you anyone is interested.
The slot is currently booked for my project (P1370). However, the
participant scheduled is not willing to come tomorrow for his second day of
scanning and -because of the experimental design- we cannot recruit anyone
new at this point.
If you interested in booking the slot please email @Joe Lyons
<joe.lyons(a)york.ac.uk> and he will be able to update the booking.
Cheers,…
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Sara
Sara Stampacchia
Department of Psychology
University of York, UK
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Hi all
Don't forget that tomorrow (Friday 12th) is your last day to get Level 3
signatures for participants that are being scanned next week.
Please bring your relevant consent forms (with appropriate information
regarding the safety issue) to the staff office *before midday* on Friday.
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
Hi everyone
There are a couple of things you should be aware of over the coming weeks:
1. The GE scanner is now fully operational, so scanning slots can be
booked. Thanks again for your patience during the unexpected downtime.
2. A large proportion of YNiC staff will be away for the MEG UK
conference from Monday 15th to Wednesday 17th April, and therefore support
will be limited during this period.
*Specifically, if you need Level 3 signatures for any scanning on these
…
[View More]days they must be obtained no later than 12th April (n.b. signatures should
always be arranged before the scan day). *
3.
*YNiC will be closed for the Bank Holidays on 19th and 22nd April *
4. We have provisionally scheduled our next User Induction for Thursday
18th April at 10am, subject to availability and interest. Please ask any
relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up if
they intend to start using the centre.
Hope you have a great week!
Cheers,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hello everyone,
The cold head on the GE scanner was successfully replaced by engineers
yesterday, and the system is now ready for scanning again. Apologies again
for the unexpected downtime, we appreciate your patience with this.
Best wishes,
Rich
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Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
Hello everyone,
Things to note this week:
1. The *GE* scanner requires a replacement cold head and so will be
*unavailable
until Wednesday the 3rd of April at the earliest. *
2. YNiC was closed for maintenance last week, this included IT upgrades
with security patching and fibre work, adjustments to the security alarm
system, and a layout change. The central meeting room off open plan is now
an extension to the staff office.
* Consent debriefing and other private …
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the small sound-proof room opposite the PhD office in open plan, or the
interview room on the MRI corridor. *
3. YSPL will be doing maintenance on IT systems this week, however, this
is not expected to affect uses.
4. A large cohort of YNiC staff will be away for the MEG UK conference
15-17th of April.
*Signatures for conditional exceptions on consent forms for 15th-17th of
April must be organized for no later than the 12th of April. We would also
like to remind users that exceptions in consent forms should be arranged in
advance of the scan day in all cases. *
5. We have provisionally scheduled our next *User Induction on Thursday
the 18th of April at 10am*. Subject to availability and interest.
Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
to sign up if they intend to start using the centre.
Best wishes,
Rich
--
Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
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Hello
We'll be doing some essential IT security maintenance during the closure at
YNiC on Friday 29th March at 12 noon. All systems will be down including
the remote desktop and the cluster.
Thanks
Joe
--
Joe Lyons, UNIX Systems Administrator
York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC), University of York
Hello everyone,
Things to note this week:
1. *YNiC will be closed 27th-29th of March for vital maintenance. *Some
scans will be operating in this period due to unexpected scanner downtime
but the facility will not be accepting new bookings and will not be open
for other users.
2. A number of YNiC forms have been updated. *Please ensure that you use
the latest forms from the YNiC website
<https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/forms>* and, as usual, please read all
…
[View More]forms in full before signing.
Note that we will no longer start training operators until their PI/ line
manager signs to confirm that they have completed all statutory University
training.
3. We have provisionally scheduled our next *User Induction on Thursday the
4th of April at 10am*. Subject to availability and interest. Please ask
any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up
if they intend to start using the centre.
4. The GE scanner is down for urgent maintenance, we will have GE
engineers in to replace the cold head during the closure, with
*normal service on GE expected to resume next week from Monday the 1st of
April. *
Best wishes,
Rich
--
Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
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Hello everyone,
Before the notes for the coming week, we are pleased to report that the
neuroimaging facility continues to be increasingly well used, with last
week seeing our busiest week on record with a total of *82 hours of booked
scanner time!*
Things to note this week:
1. We are running our next *User Induction this Tuesday (19th) at 10am*.
Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
to sign up if they intend to start using the centre.
2. YNiC …
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as a consequence
*open plan will be closed to all users 2-4pm on Tuesday the 19th of March. *
3. Due to annual leave, we have fewer staff than usual at the moment, so
thank you for your patience with any increases in wait times for support
that may occur.
4. *YNiC will be closed 27th-29th of March for vital maintenance.*
Best wishes,
Rich
--
Richard Aveyard, Senior Research Technician
York NeuroImaging Centre
University of York, UK
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Hi everyone
Things to note this week:
1. There will be *teaching in Open Plan 9am - 1pm on Wednesday 13th*;
only those involved in the teaching will have access to Open Plan at this
time.
2. We are running our next *User Induction this Wednesday (13th) at 10am*.
Please ask any relevant students/staff to email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
to sign up if they intend to start using the centre.
3. This *Thursday at 4pm* we have a *Project Presentation from Dr Scott
Cairney*, …
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Hope you have a great week,
Lauren
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Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Good afternoon all,
A necklace has been handed in to YNiC reception that was found on Friday
afternoon.
If you think this is yours please come to YNiC reception to collect it.
Kind regards,
Ryan
Hi everyone
We have teaching in Open Plan on Tuesday and Friday this week between 12
and 4pm, there will be no access to open plan for anyone who is not
involved in this teaching.
Please be reminded that YNiC will be closed from Wednesday 27th to Friday
29th March for building and maintenance work. Siemens will be available as
normal on 25th March (the scheduled maintenance took place on 25th *Feb*, I
made an error in a previous email).
Finally, our next *YNiC user induction* will take …
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March at 10am*. If you are aware of any students that will require an IT
account for YNiC, they must complete a User Induction first. Please ask
them to contact support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk to sign up for the next induction
date.
Hope you have a good week,
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
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Hi everyone
Just a reminder that today's YNiC Project Presentations are starting at the
earlier time of *2:30pm*.
We have two talks today, the first from Adam Turnbull, and the second from
Nerissa Ho.
Hope to see you there!
Kind regards
Lauren
--
Lauren Welbourne, PhD
Senior Research Technician
lauren.welbourne(a)york.ac.uk
York Neuroimaging Centre
University of York
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY
