學生必須要完成實驗的三個階段，由修習生自行發展新的刺激實驗，並且確認功能性磁振造影掃瞄儀在所有不同年齡受試者上確實有效。修習生需建立多次新的探索性實驗嘗試(probe trial)，找出功能性磁振造影儀能區辨出不同刺激的適當呈現時間。

實驗1

先驅實驗以確認有效的刺激。

實驗2

以目標組族群進行二階實驗，以刺激前的掃描作為對照組。

實驗3

進行完整的實驗。實驗內容包括前兩階段的刺促發展實驗，並請對照組在fMRI儀器上進行實驗。

作業:

期中海報張貼

修習生將在海報中描述實驗1與2的實驗方法與期中實驗結果。報告內容包括導論、材料與方法、結果與討論。一般海報格式為48英吋X 48英吋，或8.5英吋X 11英吋的印刷格式。

期末作業

修習生需繳交包含實驗1、2與3的期末報告。內容應該包括每個實驗的導論、材料與方法、結果、討論、以及最後三個實驗一起的綜合討論。報告頁數為15-20頁，兩倍行高。

The three experiments are designed for students to develop new stimuli, and to validate all of those stimuli in subjects of various ages prior to functional MRI scanning. Students develop probe trials to make sure that there is enough time between the stimuli presentations so that the fMRI can discriminate the signals.

Experiment 1

Pilot experiment to validate stimuli.

Experiment 2

Second-level experiment in the target population with controls before scanning.

Experiment 3

The full experiment, including stimuli developed in the first two experiments, performed with control subjects in an fMRI.

Assignments:

Poster

Produce a poster describing the experiment and intermediate results. Poster should include introduction, materials, methods, and results for Experiment 1 and Experiment 2, as well as discussion of both. Poster can be printed on a single 48in X 48in sheet or on multiple 8.5in X 11in sheets.

Final Paper

Produce a final paper describing Experiments 1, 2, and 3. Paper should include introduction, materials, methods, results, and discussion for each experiment, as well as a final discussion of the significance of the three experiments together. Paper should be 15-20 pages long, double-spaced.