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Are you interested in psychological experiments, but feel a little unsure about programming. Try OpenSesame. Not only has it a user-friendly GUI, it is also connected to SigmundAI, an AI assistant that can basically make the experiment for you! Super cool stuff by @cogsci.nl

SigmundAI.eu can now implement complete psychological experiments in #OpenSesame. From scratch based on verbal description. Astonishing how far #AI has come 😵‍💫 #psychology

🚨New Publication!🚨 When doing research with transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), it is important to consider one major potential confound: retinal phosphenes. They may affect your data significantly, which is what we discuss here!

doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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Note that due to the damage we had higher TMS intensities for patients. This could relate to the larger N15.

Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) Explained! | Neuroscience Methods 101 YouTube video by Psyched!

Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) explained:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnwH...

#brain #brainstimulation #neuromodulation

That is the big question! In healthy volunteers Zrenner et al showed that rTMS at trough was most effective for offline results. But in patients, we don't know. That will be answered in follow up research!

That is a good point. The P30-N15 was our main outcome, as it is a difference score. The absolute N15 and P30 are affected by the phase at point 0ms, meaning that the abs values contains more inherent variability. And with that additional variability our statistical power was likely not strong 'nuff

🚨New Publication!🚨Using phase-targeted TMS-EEG we tested the cortical excitability of stroke survivors at various oscillation phases (mu rhythm). Published in Clinical Neurophysiology: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

@alekseichuk.bsky.social #TMS #brain #brainstimulation #neuroscience

This was the weekend of science in Groningen (aka #ZpannendZernike). It was my privilege to talk to kids, moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, and more about the #brain, #neuroscience and #brainstimulation.

Het brein wakker schudden met hersenstimulatie? - Zpannend Zernike Je hersenen van buitenaf besturen, dat is science fiction, toch? Nee hoor, neurowetenschappers doen dit door middel van magnetische impulsen. Zo kunnen ze bijvoorbeeld je vinger laten bewegen of je sp...

Kom naar de wetenschapsopendag in Groningen en leer meer over de hersenen en neurowetenschap. 4 Okt, 12-17u, Academiegebouw

Come to the science open day in Groningen and learn about brains and neuroscience. 4 Oct, 12-17h, Academy building #ZpannendZernike

zpannendzernike.nl/activiteit/h...

Miles Wischnewski | Neuroscience for Everyone Neurostimulation Lab. Miles Wischnewski. My research aims to understand the causal link between brain activity and human cognition and behavior. How do brain signals relate to remembering the location...

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📺 YouTube: youtube.com/@real.psyched
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Real-Time EEG Analysis And Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) YouTube video by Psyched!

Brain oscillations (mu & beta rhythms) shape how the motor cortex responds to TMS.

🎥 Watch the summary of Dr Wischnewski 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUeb...

To learn more: DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2022.08.005
#Neuroscience #BrainHealth #TMS

I agree with Danai, and will add that in the Netherlands for a PhD a 2-year master (so called "research master") is preferred. Not a requirement, you can do a PhD with a 1 year master, but it can be more difficult to be accepted.

Thanks!

Thanks Surya! 😁

🚨WHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the #ERCStG for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory.

I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social

#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG

Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) with a consumer monitor: A proof-of-concept Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) enables neural frequency tagging at rates above the flicker fusion threshold, eliciting steady-state responses to flicker that is almost imperceptible. While R...

🚨 New preprint: Invisible neural frequency tagging (RIFT) for the underfunded researcher:
👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

RIFT uses high-frequency flicker to probe attention in M/EEG with minimal stimulus visibility and little distraction. Until now, it required a costly high-speed projector.

Had a great time with Gonzalo Rivera and @crimoral.bsky.social and many others at the SimNIBS workshop. A lot of discussion on #TMS, #tDCS, and #tACS!

🚨New Publication!🚨 Sybren van Hoornweder and I wrote a piece on personalization of transcranial electrical stimulation, focusing on sources of variability and how to optimize parameters to reduce this variability. Out now in TINS!

doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

#brain #brainstimulation #neuroscience

This would have been my answer as well. Other reviews are mostly focused on particular conditions or populations.

Congratulations!! 🎉

Enhanced theta oscillations in the left temporoparietal region associated with refractory positive symptoms in schizophrenia - Schizophrenia Schizophrenia - Enhanced theta oscillations in the left temporoparietal region associated with refractory positive symptoms in schizophrenia

🚨New paper alert🚨We found the theta oscillation at left temporo-parietal junction maybe a key factor of refractory positive symptoms.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bayesian Temporal Prediction: A Robust Algorithm for Real-time EEG Phase-dependent Brain Stimulation Objective: Real-time estimation of brain state is essential for efficient brain stimulation. Specifically, the electroencephalography (EEG) oscillation phase arose as a promising biomarker for instant...

🚨New Publication🚨 From the Opitz Lab (w/ @alekseichuk.bsky.social). A new closed-loop TMS-EEG algorithm that targets specific neural oscillation phases and is flexible across different brain regions and frequency bands.

doi.org/10.1109/TBME...

#brain #brainstimulation #neuroscience

Would also love to join the Slack channel! :)

Summer time!

In a sense showering different sources with phase delays is what a traveling wave is.

🚨 New paper: Motor cortex excitability is shaped by traveling alpha & beta waves 🧠🌊

Using EEG-triggered TMS & ECoG in humans + a non-human primate, we show excitability depends on phase and direction of neural rhythms.

w/ Zach Haigh & Alex Opitz
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#Neuroscience