18.06-2018 - 23.06.2018 Monday - 18-06-2018
- fixed ascii errors, when calling for input using psychopy gui -> see troubleshooting docs -> Umlaute used by subjects used to break save function, but declaring system encoding as utf-8 (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28657010/dangers-of-sys-setdefaultencodingutf-8) solved this (should only be necessary in python2.7)
- setting up internship github repo, forking projects 'grounhog code' and 'alpaca'
- reading: anatomical and functional info on auditory cortex (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_temporal_gyrus, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341414/pdf/nihms85919.pdf)
- diagnostics lecture
Tuesday - 19-06-2018
- reading: - Methodological challenges and solutions in auditory functional magnetic resonance imaging (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2014.00253/full) - Aquisition & specifics, modlaities of Mri data; Preprocessing (http://miykael.github.io/nipype-beginner-s-guide/neuroimaging.html) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-space_%28magnetic_resonance_imaging%29 - https://nifti.nimh.nih.gov
- assisting in eeg-experiment
- touching up and making changes to Musical Ear Test -psychopy version Wednesday - 20-06-2018
- reading: - Model specification and estimation, statistical inference (http://miykael.github.io/nipype-beginner-s-guide/neuroimaging.html) - k-space and fourier transform (http://mriquestions.com/what-is-k-space.html) - general linear models (http://mriquestions.com/general-linear-model.html) -
- quick introduction to gnu octave and mri phantom measurments
- cleaning up questionnaiers
- assisting in eeg-experiment (Marie) Thursday - 21-06-2018
- updating questionnaires -> allow commata separated input by participants, trying to inhibit esc-function
- rehearsing instructions for stress experiment (rebekka)
- reading: - fmri statistics(http://mriquestions.com/fmri-statistical-analysis.html) - fmri processing overview(http://mriquestions.com/processanalyze-fmri.html)
- setting up local google drive folder Friday - 22-06-2018
- reviewing specified info on tone burst for alpaca (https://github.com/PeerHerholz/ALPACA/blob/master/resources/tutorials/ALPACA_generating_stimuli_tonotopy_auditory_cortex.ipynb)
- 24-bit amplitude resolution? 20 trials * 8 frequencies -> range for frequency manipulation is 1 semitone around nominal frequency (so 20 different tones in this range?), equivalent rectangular bandwith?
- implementing first tone series in audacity
- reading: - logarithm and sinus/cosinus waves
- creating template script for psychopy questionnaires
- assisting in stresss exp