The goal of this course is to provide the audience with the knowledge required to design and perform transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electric stimulation (TES) experiments. The collection covers the applications, physics, biomechanisms, protocols and effects of these techniques. Additionally, we separately discuss study designs, confounds, and personalised and precision stimulation.
At last, we provide a demo on performing a basic TMS experiment.
This lecture discusses when to use tDCS and how to plan a basic tDCS study. The goal of the lecture is to discuss how different aspects of a protocol (montage, polarity, frequency, duration, intensity etc.) and study design (population, controls etc.) can be optimized to tackle a research question or to achieve a desired clinical outcome.
At the end of this lecture, students will be able to identify applications and research questions for which tDCS is an appropriate tool, and select the appropriate protocols and design for a tDCS study.
This lecture discusses when to use tACS and how to plan a basic tACS study. The goal of the lecture is to discuss how different aspects of a protocol (montage, polarity, frequency, duration, intensity etc.) and study design (population, controls etc.) can be optimized to tackle a research question or to achieve a desired clinical outcome.
At the end of this lecture, students will be able to identify applications and research questions for which tACS is an appropriate tool, and select the appropriate protocols and design for a tACS study.
This lecture uses examples from the literature to acquaint students with the different types of confounds that can interfere with common outcome measures used in NIBS studies. The goal of the lecture is to illustrate how confounds complicate the interpretation of TMS and tES study findings, and to demonstrate the need for well-designed control conditions.
At the end of this lecture, students will be able to identify common confounds, and design studies with optimal controls.
Inter-individual variability in outcomes has been a major challenge in the field of NIBS. The goal of this lecture is to illustrate the need for personalized and precision stimulation, discuss the different aspects of personalization (when, where and how), and introduce students to electric field modelling.
At the end of this lecture, students will be able to explain the need for, and different aspects of, personalized and precision stimulation, and identify the applications of, and requirements for electric field modelling.
Inter-individual variability in outcomes has been a major challenge in the field of NIBS. The goal of this lecture is to illustrate the need for personalized and precision stimulation, discuss the different aspects of personalization (when, where and how), and introduce students to electric field modelling.
At the end of this lecture, students will be able to explain the need for, and different aspects of, personalized and precision stimulation, and identify the applications of, and requirements for electric field modelling.
