Key facts
UNE unit code: NEUR543
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- Trimester 3 - Online
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- 6
Unit information
Consider everything that your brain is doing at the moment:
- maintaining basic biological functions
- monitoring the environment
- determining what stimuli is most important to pay attention to
- taking in every detail of the visual field
- contextualising that scene and interpreting it based on our memories
- identifying the shapes of these letters and forming words
- recalling the meaning of these words
- parsing the language into a coherent set of phrases and sentences.
Your brain is doing all of that and more, all at the same time, and much of it before you are even aware it.
In this unit you will learn how we use the electroencephalogram to measure the millisecond by millisecond changes in the brain that makes it possible to do everything we do. You will develop an understanding of the fundamental aspects of EEG data and analysis, and learn how to summarise and interpret examples of EEG analysis.
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| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 3 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
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Notes
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of how the EEG is used, and how electrical activity is measured in the brain;
- demonstrate an advanced understanding the electrodynamic properties regarding how the brain is functionally organised to engage in observation, cognition, and behaviour;
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of key neural network structures, their interconnections, and how they interact with each other;
- understand how EEG data is prepared for analysis, how it can be analysed, and how to interpret the results; and
- critically evaluate key theories, measures, and experimental paradigms used in EEG research and its clinical applications.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Video Presentation - Assurance Task | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Students will deliver a presentation via 10-minute video explaining a topic from first 5 weeks of lectures. This will be followed by a minimum 10 minutes of answering questions. The presentation will not be graded.. It is mandatory to achieve a minimum of 50% to pass this assessment. Students must pass this assessment to be eligible to pass the unit.
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| Analysis of Case Studies | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Students will be given the final results of multiple examples of EEG analysis and asked to provide a written summary and an interpretation of the analyses. No. Words: 3000 It is mandatory to complete and submit this assessment in order to pass the unit. |
| Oral Examination - Assurance task | Yes | 30% | All offerings |
Students will discuss their analysis of case studies during a zoom session. They will also answer questions based on the case study content.
It is mandatory to achieve a minimum of 50% to pass this assessment. Students must pass this assessment to be eligible to pass the unit. |
Learning resources
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