Overview

This unit outlines the techniques available for recording brain, and other electrical activity measures from the body, and to interpret the recorded information obtained from electrical activity measures. These neurological and clinical techniques are necessary for Psychophysiology, Cognitive Neuroscience and applications.

Requisites

Prerequisites
NEU20006 Neurophysiology

Rules

Pre-requisite
NEU20006 Neurophysiology

Equivalent
HET219 - Neurological Monitoring (Discontinued)

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
01-March-2027
30-May-2027
Last self-enrolment date
14-March-2027
Census date
30-March-2027
Last withdraw without fail date
20-April-2027
Results released date
06-July-2027

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  1. Classify the physiological basis of human neural processes
  2. Examine the type of biological recording system and techniques required for various neurological assessments
  3. Critique various electrophysiological laboratory techniques associated with assessing normal cognition and contrast with abnormal neural disorders such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis
  4. Apply understanding of ethical considerations to the use of neuroimaging in research and clinical practice
  5. Perform basic signal processing and implement analysis algorithms for neuroimaging datat

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week Venue Type and Activity Detail
Online Lecture 12 12 weeks 1 Asynchronous Lectures: Pre-recorded and uploaded to Canvas.
On-campus Lab 12 6 weeks 2 Laboratory-Face to face practical laboratory work, working in small groups
On-campus Class 12 12 weeks 1 Non-lab tutorials
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning 78 12 weeks 6.5 Self-study and revision of unit content
Specified Activities Various 36 12 weeks 3 Reading and workbook activities
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 13.5  

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Written Assignment Individual  35%  3,4
Laboratory Practicals Individual  35%  1,2,5
Final-Semester Test Individual  30%  1,2,3

Content

  • The physiological basis of human neural processes
    • Instrumentation and computer-based recording techniques
    • Electrophysiological recording techniques; including Electroencephalography (EEG), Electronystagmyography (ENG), Electromyography (EMG), Electro-occulography (EOG) and Electrocardiography (ECG)
    • EEG: The International 10-20 system; electrodes and recording systems
    • Spontaneous EEG; origins of the EEG, and the evoked potential, event-related potentials; recording and analysis techniques
  • Neurological clinical tests – application of the EEG, the Evoked Potential (EP) to measure the integrity of sensory and motor pathways. Lesion and stimulation studies
  • Neurological Disorders- epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, tumours, brain damage
  • Measures of cognitive function- Applications of Event Related Potential (ERP) techniques to attention and cognition
  • Brain Imaging Techniques (Structural and Metabolic)
  • Applications of the EEG and neuroimaging to studies of Cognition
  • Training in modern open-source tools for analysing neural data

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.