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Summer Internship Summer Research Internship Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Summer students are involved in one of several ongoing research projects that test infants, children of various ages, and adults. Please check out our developmental neuropsychology laboratory activities at: http://homepage.mac.com/dlmolfese/. Students can learn to administer a range of behavioral neuropsychology tests as well as the operation of the high-density array brain recording systems used in our ongoing research. Students receive the same training that we provide to our graduate students. Usually after a month, each student has a fair understanding of our test procedures and the theory behind the operation of the equipment and the major issues under study. Throughout this first month students are increasingly integrated into testing teams working at a variety of test sites that include hospitals, schools, or our University labs. In addition to the behavior testing and brain recording training, students participate weekly in a neuropsychology seminar where they listen to lectures and discuss assigned readings that relate to theory, brain recording techniques, data analysis, human subject testing concerns, and abstracting information from scientific journals. This seminar is supplemented with other weekly meetings to discuss on-going progress of the students? projects, manuscript, and grant writing. Beginning in the second week, interns will work with either Drs. Victoria or Dennis Molfese to identify a research project that they will work on for the remainder of the internship. By the end of the two-month summer period it is expected that the each intern will be involved in the collection, analysis, and write up of a project so that a poster can be developed for submission to a national conference. It is hoped that students will attend these meetings to present their work. Up to 5 summer fellowships of $1,000/month for each of 2 months are available. The summer fellowship is for 2 months, starting June 1 through July 31. Sometimes class schedules delay a student from joining us until mid-June, in which case the internship either would run to mid-August. If the student must leave by July 31 after only 6 weeks, the stipend for the last pay period is reduced by $500.00. Applicants should send a brief resume (vitae) outlining their academic and extracurricular experiences, a college or graduate transcript, a letter indicating their goals for the summer internship, and two letters of recommendation from faculty. Deadline for applications is April 1, with acceptance into the program by April 15. Thanks for your interest, Summer Scholarship Summer Research Award in Neuroscience and Education for
Minority Undergraduate students.
This award provides stipends for summer research experiences in an active research laboratory for minority undergraduate students in areas of education, psychology or neuroscience. Award recipients must be in good standing academically and demonstrate a strong interest in research. Students will be placed in research-active laboratories that demonstrate a significant rate of scientific journal publications and current grant-funded research activity. Students will be supervised by and meet regularly with the faculty member directing the laboratory. During this time, the students will be engaged in research training in current scientific literature and methods. By the end of the summer training period, students will complete a scientific study and construct a poster that must be submitted to a national scientific meeting. Stipends are $1,000/month for each of 2 months starting June 1.
Applicants to this program should send a brief resume (vitae) outlining their academic and extracurricular experiences, a copy of their college transcript, a letter from the student indicating the reasons for their interest in the summer internship, and two letters of recommendation from faculty at their institution. Deadline for applications is March 1, each year, with acceptance into the program by April 15, 2007.
Applications should be addressed to: Pediatric Brain Recording (ERP), Workshop "Workshop on ERP Testing in Pediatric Populations Each Spring" Dr. Dennis Molfese of The University of Louisville's Birth Defects Center hosts a three-day, lecture and hands-on workshop on Event-Related Potential (ERP) testing in pediatric populations. Attendees receive 15 lecture pdfs as well as pdfs of critical basic and advanced articles. All training is conducted with EGI 128- and 256-high density electrode net regular and portable systems. Please contact Dr. Dennis Molfese at dlmolfese@mac.com, tel. 502-852-2512, if you have questions or would like additional information about workshop meeting dates.
The number of participants is limited to the first 15 persons who register by the deadline.
Day 1: The Basics
The first day covers a brief history of ERP research, provides an overview of EEG/ERP-paradigms and methods as well as electrical theory relevant to filters, signal/noise ratios, impedance issues, etc.
Day 2: Experimental Structures
Day 2 focuses on experiment design and setup, subject variables, software and hardware theory and operation.
Day 3: Data Analysis
Lectures and lab on the last day address troubleshooting, noise and artifacts, and data analysis.
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