Sept 19 - Inferences of State
- Mirror neurons: From origin to function (PDF) - The most relevant bit is the target article (177-192)
Sept 20 - Human brain development
Jessica Dubois
Jessica's lecture recording
extras
- The emergence of functional architecture during early brain development (PDF)
- Critical period for first language: the crucial role of language input during the first year of life (PDF)
- Development of Structural and Functional Connectivity (PDF)
- Fetal and Postnatal Development of the Cortex: MRI and Genetics (PDF)
slides
Sept 20 - Auditory system anatomy and physiology
Lucy Anderson
Lucy's lecture recording
slides
Sept 22 - Genetics: Molecular, behavioral, and neurobiological approaches
Andrew McQuillin, Emma Meaburn
Andrew's lecture recording
- An introduction to the Genetics and Epigenetics of Human Disease. Prof. Marcus Pembrey (PDF).
- Introducing Epigenetics: A Graphic Guide. Cath Ennis.
slides
Sept 25 - Shedding Light on the Infant Brain
Marcus Kaiser, Clare Elwell
Marcus
- A tutorial in connectome analysis: Topological and spatial features of brain networks (PDF)
- Mechanisms of Connectome Development (PDF)
- Preferential Detachment During Human Brain Development: Age- and Sex-Specific Structural Connectivity in Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Data (PDF)
slides
- A Tutorial in Connectome Analysis (0): Topological and Spatial Features of Brain Networks
- A Tutorial in Connectome Analysis (I): Topological and Spatial Features of Brain Networks
- A Tutorial in Connectome Analysis (II): Topological and Spatial Features of Brain Networks
- A Tutorial in Connectome Analysis (III): Topological and Spatial Features of Brain Networks
Clare
- Making light work: illuminating the future of biomedical optics (PDF)
- Reduced neural sensitivity to social stimuli in infants at risk for autism (PDF)
- Illuminating the developing brain: The past, present and future of functional near infrared spectroscopy (PDF)
Sept 26 - An introduction to longitudinal data analysis, structural equation modelling and Mplus
Rachel Bedford
- Stability in Cognition Across Early Childhood: A Developmental Cascade (PDF)
- Introduction to the analysis of longitudinal data (PDF)
slides
- Introduction (PPTX)
- Practical: Getting data into Mplus (PPTX)
- Lecture 1: Correlation, Regression & Nested Models (PPTX)
- Lecture 3: Autoregressive and Growth Curve Models (PPTX)
Sept 27 - Pupillometry: a new window into learning
Sebastian Mathot, Pär Nyström
Sebastian's lecture recording
slides
Par's lecture recording
- The Pupillary System (PDF)
- New Light on the Mind’s Eye: The Pupillary Light Response as Active Vision (PDF)
- Pär Nyström (PPTX)
- Nyström, P., Gredebäck, G., Bölte, S., & Falck-Ytter, T. (2015). Hypersensitive pupillary light reflex in infants at risk for autism. Molecular autism, 6(1), 10.
- Nyström, P., Falck-Ytter, T., & Gredebäck, G. (2016). The TimeStudio Project: An open source scientific workflow system for the behavioral and brain sciences. Behavior Research Methods, 48(2), 542-552.
Sept 28 - Good practice in research
Adam Harris
- Promoting an open research culture (PDF)
- Code of Human Research Ethics (PDF)
- A collaborative approach to infant research: Promoting reproducibility, best practices, and theory-building (PDF)
- Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science (PDF)
slides
Sept 28 - Conversational pragmatics and their influences on the interpretation of experimental results
Teea Gliga