EGI Summer School - Core dEEG Skills Syllabus

Eugene, Oregon, USA
Valley River Inn

Day 1

08:30–09:00    Registration
09:00–09:45    Welcome and Overview
09:45–10:30    Understanding the basics — the electrophysiological basis of the EEG signal
10:30–10:45    Break
10:45–11:30    Understanding the basics - the evolution of EEG technology
11:30–12:30    Understanding the basics - experimental design in EEG Research
12:30–13:30    Lunch
13:30–14:15    Setting up your lab - the GES 300, ERP Package and Net Station
14:15–15:00    Setting up your lab - configuring E-Prime for communication with Net Station
15:00–15:15    Break
15:15–15:30    Setting up your lab - performing a timing test
15:30–17:00    Acquiring data - HCGSN application and ERP acquisition
17:00               Daily question session
 

Day 2

09.00–10:30    Hands-on session - HCGSN application
10:30–10:45    Break
10:45–12:30    Hands-on session - HCGSN application
12:30–13:30    Lunch
13:30–14:30    Acquiring data - recognizing artifacts
14:30–15:00    Setting up your lab - reviewing timing test results
15:00–15:15    Break
15:15–16:00    Data processing - initial processing of EEG data
16:00–17:00    Data processing - reviewing processed EEG data
17:00               Daily question session
 

Day 3

09:00–10:00    EGI Talk - "The fundamentals of dEEG" by Don Tucker
10:00–10:30    Hands-on session working with raw and segmented EEG data
10:30–10:45    Break
10:45–11:45    Data processing - producing an Event-Related Potential
11:45–12:30    Hands-on session - producing an ERP
12:30–13:30    Lunch
13:30–14:00    Data processing - improving artifact detection
14:00–14:30    Data processing - how working with dEEG changes ERP interpretation
14:30–15:00    Data processing - exploring your ERP
15:00–15:15    Break
15:15–16:00    Hands-on session - exploring your ERP
16:00–17:00    EGI Talk - "Managing an EEG laboratory" by Killian Kleffner
17:00               Daily question session
 

Day 4

09:00–09:30    EGI Talk - To Be Announced
09:30–10:00    Working towards analysis - extracting the frequency components of your ERP
10:00–10:30    Hands-on session - Spectral analysis
10:30–10:45    Break
10:45–11:45    Working towards analysis - adding and extracting events from EEG files
11:45–12:30    Hands-on session - Using the Event Export and Markup From File tools
12:30–13:30    Lunch
13:30–14:30    Working towards analysis - assessing behavioral attention
14:30–15:00    Working towards analysis - preparing for statistical analysis
15:00–15:15    Break
15:15–16:00    Working towards analysis - exporting your data
16:00–17:00    EGI Talk - "Cortical slow oscillations during sleep" by Tara Gilbert
17:00               Daily question session
 

Day 5

09:00–09:30    Problem solving - working with challenging populations
09:30–10:30    Problem solving - changing the structure of your files
10:30–10:45    Break
10:45–11:30    Laboratory housekeeping -carrying our electrode repairs
11:30–12:30    EGI Talk - "Exploring the application of dEEG" by Marie Terrill
12:30–13:30    Lunch
13:30–14:00    Laboratory housekeeping - maintaining your acquisition computer
14:00–14:30    Laboratory housekeeping - interacting with EGI
14:30–14:45    Break
14:45–17:00    Individual data help session - questions to be submitted in advance by email.
17:00               End of school