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SUMMARY:Do we have a problem with methods skills in cognitive neuroscience
 ? - Olaf Hauk\, MRC CBU
DTSTART:20180409T113000Z
DTEND:20180409T123000Z
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CONTACT:Johan Carlin
DESCRIPTION:Cognitive Neuroscience is a highly interdisciplinary field –
  this brings challenges with respect to teaching relevant skills\, and com
 munication among researchers from different backgrounds. Neuroimaging data
  analysis is complex: There are different software packages\, different me
 thods\, and many parameter choices. You want to know about the limitations
  of your methods before the reviewers point them out to you. Recently repo
 rted “replication crises” may be partly due to methodological limitati
 ons. While standardised analysis pipelines exist\, many experiments are no
 t “standard”\, e.g. when using the latest methods. Furthermore\, even 
 non-neuroscientists want to understand neuroscientific literature – this
  requires at least basic knowledge of the methods.\nDoes this mean we have
  a problem?\nI’ve heard many different opinions about the amount and lev
 el of methods training we should provide. Evidence is mostly anecdotal. He
 re\, I’m trying to estimate the methods-skills level among over 300 stud
 ents and post-docs in an on-line survey\, and determine some factors that 
 affect it.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit\, 15 Chau
 cer Road\, Cambridge
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