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addendum to YNiC seminar 3rd February
by rem 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Dear Users In addition to "Feedback from the MEG UK meeting" on 3rd February, Tim Andrews will also give two project proposal presentations: 1. Can patterns of neural response predict facial identity? 2. Inter-individual differences in brain response to dynamic visual input. 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

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YNiC seminar 3rd February
by rem 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Dear Users This week (4.30-5.30 pm YNiC open plan) YNiC staff will provide feedback on the recent MEG UK meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Dear Users Today (4.30-5.30 pm YNiC open plan) Ed Silson will give a project proposal presentation on "Functional Properties of LO-1 and LO-2 in human Lateral Occipital cortex" Summary: The Lateral Occipital (LO) cortex is known to be an object-selective brain region. Although originally thought not to contain a retinotopic organisation, recent evidence suggests that LO contains two adjacent representations of the contralateral visual field, referred to as LO-1 and LO-2 (Larson & Heeger, 2006). Larson and Heeger (2006) suggested that LO-1 and LO-2 might have different functional properties and that both contribute to object recognition. We aim to use functionally-guided TMS to probe the functional properties of LO-1 and LO-2. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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

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[Fwd: PhD and Postdoc positions - SNN Radboud University]
by Jen Downing 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PhD and Postdoc positions - SNN Radboud University Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:42:39 +0000 From: Rebecca Martin <Rebecca.Martin(a)cs.ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: SNN Adaptive Intelligence <snn(a)science.ru.nl> To: researchers(a)pascal-network.org Two positions for research on machine learning for stochastic optimal control theory in the Complacs EU project There are a PhD position and a postdoc position available at the SNN Radboud University for research machine learning methods for stochastic optimal control theory. You find more information on the link below. Bert Kappen http://www.snn.ru.nl/nijmegen/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=… -- Jen Downing PA to Professor Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5DG tel: +44 (0)1904 435329 fax: +44 (0)1904 435356

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Tomorrow's visiting speaker in Psychology
by awe1＠psych.york.ac.uk 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Dear all Tomorrow's visiting speaker in Psychology is Joe Devlin from Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences at UCL. His talk is on "What does the brain know about orthography". www.ucl.ac.uk/neuroscience/Page.php?ID=12&ResearcherID=157 Andy

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YNiC seminar 27th January
by rem 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Dear Users This week (4.30-5.30 pm YNiC open plan) Ed Silson will give a project proposal presentation on "Functional Properties of LO-1 and LO-2 in human Lateral Occipital cortex" Summary: The Lateral Occipital (LO) cortex is known to be an object-selective brain region. Although originally thought not to contain a retinotopic organisation, recent evidence suggests that LO contains two adjacent representations of the contralateral visual field, referred to as LO-1 and LO-2 (Larson & Heeger, 2006). Larson and Heeger (2006) suggested that LO-1 and LO-2 might have different functional properties and that both contribute to object recognition. We aim to use functionally-guided TMS to probe the functional properties of LO-1 and LO-2. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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

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[Fwd: Open post-doctoral position]
by Gary Green 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

FYI ------------------------------- Post-Doctoral Position A two-year post-doctoral position is open at the Neuroscience Center of University of Helsinki (Finland) in a project exploring the functional roles of cortical oscillations with M/EEG. The applicant will acquire M/EEG, MRI, and possibly fMRI data and perform M/EEG time series and source localization analyses within a state-of-the-art neuroinformatics platform. The main focus of the project is in the mapping and network analyses of within- and cross-frequency neuronal interactions in source-reconstructed M/EEG data (Palva et al., 2010, PNAS, NeuroImage) with published and novel approaches. The successful applicant has experience in planning and performing MEG/EEG experiments and in applying advanced data-analysis methods. The applicant should also have a track record in human neuroimaging literature. Applications are invited from ambitious, enthusiastic, and highly committed young researchers. Prerequisites include: Prior experience in the MEG/EEG field and PhD or an equivalent degree in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medical Engineering, or another related field. Programming skills (Matlab, LabVIEW) are an advantage. The application for the position should contain a 1-2 page letter of intent, CV, list of publications, and the names of at least two senior researchers who can recommend the applicant. Inquiries and applications should be sent by email to Satu Palva (satu.palva(a)helsinki.fi <mailto:satu.palva@helsinki.fi>). Satu Palva, PhD Neuroscience Center P.O. Box 56 00014-University of Helsinki tel. +358-19157613 -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5DG http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349 PA +44 (0) 1904 435329 or reception(a)ynic.york.ac.uk fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Dear Users Today (4.30-5.30 pm YNiC open plan) Andy Ellis will give a talk on "Semantically-driven re-activation of visual cortex in object recognition?". Summary: Magnetoencephalography was used to probe the nature and time course of responses to early and late acquired objects in a covert naming task. Analysis focused on regions in left occipital and anterior temporal cortex that have been reported to show stronger responses to early than late acquired objects in fMRI. An evoked response in visual cortex around 170 ms was followed by an evoked response in anterior temporal cortex (150-250 ms) that was stronger to early than late acquired objects. This was followed by an induced re-activation of visual cortex from 250 ms onwards that was also modulated by age of acquisition. The talk will illustrate one way of making statistical comparisons across experimental conditions in MEG. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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

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change in start time of YNiC seminars
by rem 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Dear Users Please be aware that, as of this week, YNiC Thursday seminars will start at the later time of *4.30 pm*. This shift in the starting time is necessary to avoid a clash with teaching sessions in Psychology. Thank you 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

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YNiC seminar 20th January
by rem 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Dear Users This week (4-5 pm YNiC open plan) Andy Ellis will give a talk on "Semantically-driven re-activation of visual cortex in object recognition?". Summary: Magnetoencephalography was used to probe the nature and time course of responses to early and late acquired objects in a covert naming task. Analysis focused on regions in left occipital and anterior temporal cortex that have been reported to show stronger responses to early than late acquired objects in fMRI. An evoked response in visual cortex around 170 ms was followed by an evoked response in anterior temporal cortex (150-250 ms) that was stronger to early than late acquired objects. This was followed by an induced re-activation of visual cortex from 250 ms onwards that was also modulated by age of acquisition. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Dear Users Today (4-5 pm YNiC open plan) Chris Racey will give a project proposal talk on "Processing of real world objects in object selective cortex: effects of parametric manipulation of size change". Summary: The visual system is able to perform recognition tasks in a manner that appears to be invariant to changes in size of the retinal image. It is thought that this size invariance is established early on in visual processing (Goodale & Milner, 1992; Rolls, 2000). The aim of the present study is to measure adaptation to objects of changing size across the whole visual system and across several size change conditions which vary parametrically. The design of the present experiment will be an fMR-adaptation paradigm similar to that used in our previous work looking at viewpoint invariance (Racey et al., 2010). We aim to measure differences in size invariance for objects between the various category selective brain regions at the level of the Ventral Occipito-Temporal cortex (VOT). Further, we aim to measure the change in size invariance moving posterior to anterior through the visual processing hierarchy. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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

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YNiC seminar 13th January
by rem 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Dear Users This week (4-5 pm YNiC open plan) Chris Racey will give a project proposal talk on "Processing of real world objects in object selective cortex: effects of parametric manipulation of size change". Summary: The visual system is able to perform recognition tasks in a manner that appears to be invariant to changes in size of the retinal image. It is thought that this size invariance is established early on in visual processing (Goodale & Milner, 1992; Rolls, 2000). The aim of the present study is to measure adaptation to objects of changing size across the whole visual system and across several size change conditions which vary parametrically. The design of the present experiment will be an fMR-adaptation paradigm similar to that used in our previous work looking at viewpoint invariance (Racey et al., 2010). We aim to measure differences in size invariance for objects between the various category selective brain regions at the level of the Ventral Occipito-Temporal cortex (VOT). Further, we aim to measure the change in size invariance moving posterior to anterior through the visual processing hierarchy. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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

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YNiC Security code change
by Jo Saunders 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

The security access code for YNiC has been changed today. So if any user has a set of access door keys for YNiC, and hasn't already been advised of the new access code, then could they please contact myself or another member of YNiC staff. This change has no impact on the door fobs which should continue to work as before. Many thanks, Jo. -- ............................ Jo Saunders Centre Manager YNiC The BioCentre York Science Park YORK YO10 5DG Email: Joanna(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: (01904) 435343 Fax: (01904) 435356 Tues, Wed & Thurs .............................

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MRI operation
by Gary Green 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Dear Colleagues As you know, Alliance Medical have now left YNiC. This means that they obviously are not providing MRI Operators. The only authorised MRI operators are Andre Gouws Mark Hymers Ross Devlin (temporary appointment to cover clinical projects, but is available for research scanning from the 5th of January) others are in training. I will inform you when more operators become available Please do not try and operate the magnet console if you are not on the list. This is for your safety and those of your participants. You will not be covered by insurance if an incident were to occur. The full list of operators can always be found at https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/mri-operators Gary -- Gary Green York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Innovation Way Heslington York YO10 5DG http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349 PA (Amy Gibson) +44 (0) 1904 435329 or amy.gibson(a)ynic.york.ac.uk fax +44 (0) 1904 435356 mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004

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YNiC seminar today
by rem 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Dear Users Today (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) Gary Green will give a talk on ""Opportunities for pattern classifiers". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. 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

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Downtime at YNiC
by Mark Hymers 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hi, As you are probably aware, YNiC open plan will be closed tomorrow for staff training. We're also going to take the opportunity to perform a needed hardware fix on one of the main servers, so it won't be possible for people to leave analyses running on the machines in open plan or the cluster. This outage will be from around 9am for an hour or so. This will also affect the remote desktop service, which will be rebooted as part of the work - anybody who has suspended sessions should make sure that they save their work before tomorrow morning. I've explicitly Bcc'd those who appear to have sessions running to ensure that they know about this - apologies to anyone who gets the mail twice. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Hymers York Neuroimaging Centre

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YNiC seminar 9th December
by rem 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Dear Users This week (4-5 pm in YNiC open plan) Gary Green will give a talk on ""Opportunities for pattern classifiers". Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. 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

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[Fwd: VSS Abstract Submission Deadline is this Wednesday, December 1st]
by Tim Andrews 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Dear All, The deadline for abstracts to VSS is Wednesday, December 1st (11:59 latest time zone on earth). This might be Thursday morning for us! Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: VSS Abstract Submission Deadline is this Wednesday, December 1st Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:04:47 -0800 From: Vision Sciences Society <VSS(a)visionsciences.org> Reply-To: VSS Information <vss(a)visionsciences.org> To: t.andrews(a)psych.york.ac.uk The deadline for submitting abstracts for the VSS 2011 Meeting is Wednesday, December 1st (11:59 latest time zone on earth). To access your online account, log in to the VSS Online Membership and Meeting System <http://www.visionsciences1.org/vss_public/>. You must renew your membership for 2011 to be eligible to submit an abstract. For more information or if you have questions, please contact Vision Sciences Society <mailto:vss@visionsciences.org>. If you are applying for the 2011 Elsevier/Vision Research Travel Award all supporting documentation is also due on 12/1/10. Complete application instructions can be found at Student Travel Awards <http://www.visionsciences.org/awards.html>. Follow Us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/VSSMtg> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vision-Sciences-Society-Official-VSS-Page/355…> -- 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/

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no YNiC seminar this week
by rem 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Dear Users There will not be a YNiC seminar this Thursday (2nd December). The next seminar will be given by Gary Green on 9th December. 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

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YNiC seminar today 4pm
by Andre Gouws 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Dear Users This afternoon Andre Gouws will be giving a presentation (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan. The title of Andre's talk is "Suppressive feedback from the visual cortex to the LGN: Evidence from negative BOLD". This presentation will include results and discussion of data presented at SFN this year, and will conclude with a project presentation for extension of the current work. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. -- ynic-users mailing list ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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MSc Teaching in YNiC open plan
by Sam Johnson 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hello all, Just a reminder that tomorrow from 1:15 to 3:15 YNiC open plan will be full with another practical for the masters students. Anyone wanting to come up early for the seminar would be advised to not come up too early. Thanks, Sam -- Sam Johnson Science Manager, York NeuroImaging Centre University of York http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk

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IMPORTANT CHANGES - fMRI SCANNING.
by Andre Gouws 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi all, IF YOU USE PRESENTATION IN fMRI PLEASE READ THIS! We have recently been experiencing issues with the synchronisation of stimulus code in Presentation with pulses from the scanner. This problem has been intermittent and inconsistent. As many scans rely on precise timings by synch-ing with specific pulses from the scanner, we have had to come up with an alternate solution. Without boring you with the fine detail, we are using a different port on the scanner to provide us with the pulse information. After extensive testing this afternoon, this port seems to give consistent output while the other does not. Anyone using pulses from the scanner to synchronise their presentation stimuli should note the following: Change "pulses_per_scan" in your scenario header (.sce files) to the actual number of slices you are acquiring. In the past this has been set to half the number (e.g. if you were acquiring 38 slices per TR you had pulses_per_scan = 19). Just to make that clear, YOU SHOULD DOUBLE THE NUMBER YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN pulses_per_scan. N.B. YOU MUST CHANGE THESE NUMBERS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT OR YOUR TIMINGS WILL BE INCORRECT. Also note that when you run your pulses calibration scan you will now get twice the number of pulses you got before. This will not affect your data in any way, it simply means that you are getting a pulse for every slice from the scanner, rather than every second slice. This will work for all TRs, and the back room settings should now be the same for all researchers. If you have any queries, please contact me. Andre' -- Andre' ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC seminar 25th November
by Andre Gouws 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Users This week Andre Gouws will be giving a presentation on Thursday afternoon (4-5 pm) in YNiC open plan. The title of Andre's talk is "Suppressive feedback from the visual cortex to the LGN: Evidence from negative BOLD". This presentation will include results and discussion of data presented at SFN this year, and will conclude with a project presentation for extension of the current work. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available afterwards. -- ynic-users mailing list ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users ************************************************************************ Andre Gouws York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG Tel: +44 (0) 1904 435327 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356

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YNiC Open plan closed - Tues 7th Dec 2010
by Jo Saunders 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear Users, just to let you know that due to staff training on the 7th December 2010 the YNiC Open Plan area will be closed to all users on that date between 9am and 4pm. MRI scanning will be continuing as usual. Apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause. Thanks and regards, Jo. -- ............................ Jo Saunders Centre Manager YNiC The BioCentre York Science Park YORK YO10 5DG Email: Joanna(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: (01904) 435343 Fax: (01904) 435356 Tues, Wed & Thurs .............................

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YNiC seminar today
by Rebecca E Millman 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear Users Today (starting at 4 pm) Beth Jefferies from the Department of Psychology will give a talk on "TMS studies of semantic cognition". In this talk, Beth will discuss recent studies examining the extended neural networks underpinning semantic representation and control, talk about the new equipment that is in the YNiC TMS lab, and describe a planned study which combines TMS and fMRI to investigate how this brain network responds to stimulation. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best wishes Rebecca -- Dr. Rebecca E. Millman York Neuroimaging Centre The Biocentre York Science Park York YO10 5DG Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 435 5373

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