Next instuif: 24 September: Double dipping!

Next instuif we will discuss a hot topic in methods for fMRI analysis:

Date: 24 September
Time: 16.30
Location/Room: AMC, PA0-126 (Dept. Psychiatry)
Theme: Methods

We will discuss the topic/problem of  “double dipping”, based on the article by Kriegeskorte et al, Nature Neuroscience, 2009.
Required reading: the attached article: Circular analysis in systems neuroscience: the dangers of double dipping

Also, starting now, fMRI instuif will be organized by Dick, Anneke, Zsuzsika and Stella.
Thanks a lot to Marie José for all her organisation efforts in the last years, and also for setting up the website!: Marie-José finished her PhD and will no longer work in Amsterdam. She’ll continue her career in Groningen.

Hope to see you next Friday!

Anneke, Dick, Zsuzsika, and Stella

fmriinstuif@gmail.com

p.s. Let us know if you want to discuss an article, topic, or would like to present your data!

Instuif 9 September: student presentation: Impulsivity in alcohol dependency

Dear all,

We hope you all had a nice summer break!

This year, we’ll start with a student presentation by Marissa Zwan, student of Zsuzsika Sjoerds. The presentation of Marissa is the result of a 5-month internship. In these months, Marissa studied impulsivity and response inhibition in alcohol dependants. Three groups of participants, recruited from the Netherlands Study on Depression and Anxiety, were included: alcohol dependants with comorbidity depression and/or anxiety, participants with depressive/anxiety disorder and healthy controls. Her goal was to study brain function related to impulsivity and response inhibition in alcohol dependants. In this instuif, Marissa will present her main results.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Date: 9 September 2010

Location: VUmc, Faculty of Medicine, B4-32

Time: 16.00

Best wishes,

Dick, Anneke, & Marie-José

fmriinstuif@gmail.com