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MIND fMRI Image Acquisition and Analyses Course with SPM8 and ICA – 2014. The next Mind Research Network (MIND) fMRI Image Acquisition and Analyses Course will be held January 9-11th, 2014 on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder in sunny Boulder, Colorado. For more information and registration, see http://www.mrn.org/education-outreach/courses-and-events/ The course faculty include Drs. Kent A. Kiehl and Vince D. Calhoun from the Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico, and Dr. Tor Wager from the University of Colorado, Boulder’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Institute for Cognitive Science. The course is designed for fMRI researchers who range from beginning to intermediate skill levels. It will provide those who are just getting started with fMRI a comprehensive set of tools and software to get started with your own studies, and those who are more advanced will benefit from custom code and supplements to standard analyses developed by the instructors. We cover Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM8), independent component analyses (ICA) of fMRI data, mediation analysis of fMRI, and statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM). We provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of experimental design, image acquisition, image preprocessing, and analysis using the general linear model and ICA. The course is unique in that it pairs interactive lectures with hands-on demonstrations and work-through sessions. Each student works on their own laptop. Software will be installed on each student's laptop during the beginning of the course, including Matlab (a trial version), SPM8, the Group ICA of fMRI Toolbox (GIFT), and related SPM toolboxes, including statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM) and the multi-level mediation fMRI toolbox (M3). In addition, alongside the lectures, participants will be trained to analyze example fMRI data on their laptops using these tools. The course will be small and interactive, with many opportunities to work closely with the faculty. Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis; we apologize in advance if we cannot accommodate all who wish to attend, but we will admit as many people as possible given the interactive nature of the course. Email Kent A. Kiehl at [log in to unmask] with any questions. _________________________________ Kent A. Kiehl, Ph.D. Executive Science Officer and Director of Mobile Brain Imaging The nonprofit Mind Research Network (www.mrn.org) & Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Law University of New Mexico (www.unm.edu) Mailing Address: Mind Research Network 1101 Yale Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM, 87106 Office: 505-925-4516 [log in to unmask]