2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
Graduate Methodologies in Education, Welfare and Health S1B
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Yasunori Kotani
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.D467
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This class aims to understand methods to measure brain activity including fMRI, EEG, and NIRS. In addition, students also learn about analysis methods or softwaas well as statistical methods.
Course description and aims
Understanding mechanisms of EEG, fMRI, and NIRS.
Understanding analyses methods and software packages for EEG, fMRI, and NIRS
Understanding how to use a repeated-measures ANOVA for brain science.
Keywords
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
electroencephalography (EEG)
near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This class will be managed through an active-learning system. Students will search the topic that was assigned, and share opinions and presentations with class members.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance | Searching the topic that was assigned to yourself |
| Class 2 | electroencephalography (EEG) | Understanding mechanisms of EEG |
| Class 3 | functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) | Understanding mechanisms of fMRI |
| Class 4 | near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) | Understanding mechanisms of NIRS |
| Class 5 | Setting experimental conditions and stimuli (e-prime) | Understanding how to set experimental conditions and stimuli |
| Class 6 | a repeated-measures ANOVA | Understanding the result of repeated-measures ANOVA |
| Class 7 | conclusion and review | review topics you learned |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique
Reference books, course materials, etc.
items will be distributed
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentation of your topic will be used as the estimation.
Related courses
- SHS.D466 ： Graduate Methodologies in Education, Welfare and Health S1A
Prerequisites
This class is opened for students of the social and human sciences course