<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2026-09-22 14:19:06</date><authorinitials>RikHenson</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2026-09-22 14:17:29</date><authorinitials>RikHenson</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Introduction To Neuroimaging Methods</title><para>Below are introductory lectures on neuroimaging data analysis as well as brain stimulation at the MRC CBU for Lent Term 2027. These events will happen in person in the CBU Lecture Theatre on Mondays and Tuesdays, and will take 1-2 hours. They are free and open to everyone. </para><para>The links to slides and other documents below are from previous year's lectures, and may be updated in due course. </para><para>Please contact Rik Henson with questions and feedback. </para><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Jan 18</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16.00:</para><para><emphasis role="strong">The use of neuroimaging in cognitive neuroscience</emphasis> </para><para>Rik Henson </para><para><ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=fMRI_review_Henson.pdf">PDF</ulink> </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Tue</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong"> Jan 19</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"/><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16.00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Statistics for neuroimaging data</emphasis> </para><para> Rik Henson</para><para><ulink url="https://github.com/RikHenson/Stats4Imaging">[GitHub</ulink>] </para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Jan 25</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Introduction to MRI Physics</emphasis> </para><para> Marta Correia</para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=MRPhysicsI_IntroToNeuroImaging2026.pdf">Slides</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16.00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Biophysics</emphasis> <emphasis role="strong">of fMRI and the BOLD signal</emphasis> </para><para> Marta Correia</para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=MRPhysicsII_IntroToNeuroImaging2026.pdf">Slides</ulink> </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Tue</emphasis></para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Jan 26</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00:</para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Structural MRI</emphasis></para><para> Marta Correia  </para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Freesurfer_2025.pdf">Freesurfer</ulink> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=FSL_VBM_2025.pdf">VBM</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"/></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Feb 1</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12:00:</para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Introduction to diffusion MRI</emphasis> </para><para> Marta Correia</para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=IntroductionToDiffusionMRI_Part1_2024.pdf">Slides_lecture</ulink> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=FSL_DTI%26TBSS_Part1.pdf">Slides_preprocessing</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16.00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Advanced Diffusion MRI </emphasis> </para><para> Marta Correia </para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=IntroductionToDiffusionMRI_Part2_2024.pdf">Slides_lecture</ulink> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=FSL_DTI%26TBSS_Part2.pdf">Slides_TBSS</ulink> </para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Feb 8</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12:00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">fMRI: Introduction, Experimental design &amp; Data </emphasis> </para><para> Dace Apšvalka </para><para> <ulink url="https://github.com/dcdace/fMRI_training/">materials</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16:00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">fMRI:</emphasis> <emphasis role="strong">Pre-processing &amp; Analysis</emphasis></para><para> Dace Apšvalka </para><para> <ulink url="https://github.com/dcdace/fMRI_training/">materials</ulink> </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Tue</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Feb 9</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12:00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">fMRI:</emphasis> <emphasis role="strong">Practical demo </emphasis></para><para> Dace Apšvalka </para><para><ulink url="https://github.com/dcdace/fMRI_training/">materials</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"/></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><informaltable><tgroup cols="4"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_3"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Feb 15</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00:</para><para><emphasis role="strong">Efficient fMRI Design</emphasis></para><para>Rik Henson </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16.00:</para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Functional connectivity in fMRI</emphasis> </para><para> Rik Henson </para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=CBUTraining_Henson_Connectivity.pdf">slides</ulink> </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Tue</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Feb 16</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00:</para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Brain Network Analysis</emphasis> </para><para> Kayson Fakhar </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> 14-16.00:</para><para><emphasis role="strong">Brain Anatomy for Cognitive Neuroscientists</emphasis> </para><para>Moataz Assem </para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Assem_CBU_anatomy_lecture_Jan2025.pdf">PDF</ulink> </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"/></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0" colwidth="10*"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Feb 22</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">EEG/MEG I – Overview and pre-processing</emphasis> </para><para> Rik Henson </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16.00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">EEG/MEG II – Head modelling and source estimation</emphasis> </para><para> Rik Henson </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Tue</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Feb 23</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12:00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">EEG/MEG III – Time-frequency analysis and functional connectivity</emphasis> </para><para> Rik Henson </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"/></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Mar 1</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">MVPA and RSA for fMRI</emphasis> </para><para> Daniel Mitchell </para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=INM25_MVPA_djm.pptx">Slides</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16:00:<emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">MVPA and RSA for M/EEG</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis>Daniel Mitchell </para><para> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=CBUImaging26_EEG_MEG_Decoding_RSA_TRF_MAller.pdf">Slides</ulink> </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Tue</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Mar 2</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00:</para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Neural Network Modelling </emphasis></para><para> Jascha Achterberg </para><para> <ulink url="https://www.jachterberg.com/cbu_methods">Materials</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"/></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="45*"/><colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="45*"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Mon</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Mar 8</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12:00: </para><para> <emphasis role="strong">Online Testing: What's Available and How to Use It Effectively</emphasis> </para><para> Adam Attaheri <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Attaheri_online_testing_lecture_2025.pdf">PDF</ulink> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Adam_25Feb25.zip">materials</ulink> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>14-16:00:<emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Multisensory stimulus presentation and movement tracking during neuroimaging </emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong"> </emphasis>Celia Foster <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=Foster_MultimodalStimulusPresentation.pdf">PDF</ulink> </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1" valign="middle"><para><emphasis role="strong">Tue</emphasis></para><para><emphasis role="strong">Mar 9</emphasis> </para></entry><entry align="center" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>10-12.00:</para><para><emphasis role="strong">Brain Stimulation</emphasis> </para><para> Elizabeth Michael </para><para> previous <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=IntroToTMS_JJ_2022.pdf">slides</ulink> <ulink url="https://lsr-wiki-02.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures/methods/IntroductionNeuroimagingLectures?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=IntroToTMS_JJ_2022.mov">video</ulink> </para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><!--rule (<hr>) is not applicable to DocBook--></section></article>