International Brain Research OrganizationFinal Report of The 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Tehran, IRAN IRAN 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping Contents 22-28 May, 2015 Page Organizing Committee ........................................................................................... 1 Host Institutes ........................................................................................................ 2 IBRO School Executive and Scientific Members .................................................... 4 IBRO School Participants ....................................................................................... 5 School Program ...................................................................................................... 7 Opening Ceremony Report..................................................................................... 8 Symposium ............................................................................................................ 11 fMRI School Report.............................................................................................. 16 TMS/TES School Report ...................................................................................... 18 EEG School Report ............................................................................................... 23 Closing Ceremony Report .................................................................................... 27 Tehran Cultural Visit ............................................................................................ 31 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Organizing Committee Hamid Soltanian Zadeh (PhD, University of Tehran, Iran)
[email protected] Director Prof. Vincent Walsh Scientific Secretary (PhD, University College London, UK)
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[email protected], Phone no: +98 21 8288 4587 Cell phone no: +98 912 695 6814 1 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Host Institutes The 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping has been sponsored by: IBRO, International Brain Research Organization 2 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Host Institutes Iranian Neuroscience Society Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences University of Tehran Tarbiat Modares University Institute for Cognitive Science Studies 3 Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council Tehran University of Medical Sciences Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences Iran University of Medical Sciences Research Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 IBRO School Executive and Scientific Members fMRI School Seyed Amir Hossein Batouli Arash Zare Sadeghi Bahareh Behboodi TMS School Fatemeh Yavari Mohsen kachooei Nastaran Malmir Milad Kassaie Padideh Nasseri Maryam Moghadam EEG School Cognitive Sciences and technology Council Ensiyeh Ghasemian-Shirvan Seyed Jamal Hashemi Sahba Rezaeian Iran University of Medical Sciences Mohammad Taghi Joghataei Ali Shahbazi Faezeh Dehghani Pezhman Atefimanesh Asghar Parvishan Golshad Kowsari Neda Sadeghi Bahram Teimori Mohsen Sedighi Reza Khosrowabadi Leila Niazi Shadi Bagherzadeh Sajjad Farashi Negin Zarei Arezoo Shahrabi Zahra Rezvani 4 Tarbiat Modares University Hossein Azizi Masoumeh Ghaemi Ayat Kaeidi Seyed Mohammad Ahmadi Soleimani 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 IBRO School Participants Theme Num 1 2 3 4 5 Vision 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 Decision Making 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 First Name Atefeh Leila Farzane Santosh Parisa Jana Ali Sergey Mohammad Mostafa Hossein Ali Zohreh Last Name Bakhtazad Dehghani Dehghani Deo Esmaeili Tazangi Estocinova Ghabeli Juibary Kartashov Rostami Safaie Shahabi Siahposht Khachaki Vaziri Country Iran Iran Iran Nepal Iran Slovakia Iran Russia Iran Iran Iran Iran Iran Hanieh Tanya Sakthivel Solmaz Parisa Hossein Rameswar Morteza Koustav Narges Saeed Mohammad Sepand Alizadeh Calvey Govindaraj Jadidi Javadnia Khaleghzadeh Ahangar Pal Pourmohamadi Roy Sadeghbeigi Sadigh Eteghad Taghvaei Takapouy Iran South Africa India Iran Iran Iran India Iran India Iran Iran Iran Iran Email
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[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 8:30-9:30 9:30-10:30 10:3011:00 Break 11:45-12:30 22-28 May 2015, Tehran, IRAN 11:00-11:45 12:3014:00 Registration + Opening Ceremony Lecture 3 (B.Bahrami) TMS/ tDCS EEG/ ERP fMRI 15:00-16:00 fMRI 14:00-15:00 fMRI EEG/ ERP TMS/ tDCS TMS/ tDCS Lecture 5 (H.Ekhtiari) TMS/ tDCS EEG/ ERP fMRI EEG/ ERP Lecture 4 (K.Kharrazi) EEG/ ERP fMRI TMS/ tDCS Lecture 11 (A.Sodagar) fMRI TMS/ tDCS EEG/ ERP Lecture 9 (M.R.Ay) TMS/ tDCS EEG/ ERP fMRI Lecture 8 (G.A.HosseinZadeh) fMRI TMS/ tDCS Lunch EEG/ ERP Lecture 10 (H.SotanianZadeh) 1st Iranian IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping School Program 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping Friday May 22 fMRI fMRI EEG/ ERP TMS/ tDCS Lecture 2 (A.Garcia) TMS/ tDCS EEG/ ERP Lecture 1 (V.Walsh) fMRI fMRI Saturday May 23 EEG/ ERP TMS/ tDCS TMS/ tDCS Lecture 7 (M.A.Oghabian) TMS/ tDCS EEG/ ERP EEG/ ERP Lecture 6 (N.Muggleton) fMRI fMRI Sunday May 24 Monday May 25 Tuesday May 26 TMS/ tDCS Group Presentations + Wrap-up Session + Closing Ceremony EEG/ ERP Thursday May 28 Cultural Visits in Tehran Wednesday May 27 Friday May 29 EEG/ ERP TMS/ tDCS fMRI 22-28 May, 2015 16:00-17:00 Break Time & Group Discussion Director: Hamid Soltanian Zadeh, PhD, University of Tehran, Iran Scientific Secretary: Prof. Vincent Walsh, PhD, University College London, UK Executive Secretary: Abbas Haghparast, PhD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran Deputy Executive Secretaries: Amir Hossein Batouli, PhD, Hossein Azizi, PhD, Fatemeh Yavari PhD, Reza Khosrowabadi PhD, Ali Shahbazi PhD International Instructors: Prof. Vincent Walsh, PhD (TMS), Neil Muggleton, PhD (TMS), Ana Garcia, PhD (EEG), Bahador Bahrami MD, PhD (fMRI) Main Domestic Instructors: Hamed Ekhtiari (TMS/tDCS), Reza Khosrowabadi (EEG) , Gholamali Hossienzadeh and Mohammad Ali Oghabian (fMRI) Collaborating Institutes in Iran: Iranian Neuroscience Society, Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, University of Tehran, Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Research Center for Molecular and Cellular Imaging Audiences: MD, MSc and PhD Students in Related Disciplines (39 Participants in 3 Groups, 10 Asian-Pacific and 29 Iranian Applicants) Application Process: Online Application Deadline: 15 Feb 2015 Opening Ceremony & Registration: Friday 22 May 2015 Sponsors: IBRO, Cognitive Science and Technologies Council of IRAN (Presidency) WM/EF= Working Memory/Executive Function, DM= Decision Making, V= Vision 7 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Opening Ceremony Report The opening ceremony of the 1st Tehran IBRO Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience was held on Friday, 22 May, 2015. After registration of participants, Dr. Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, the school’s director, delivered a welcome speech of the organizing committee. Then, the scientific secretary of the school, Prof. Vincent Walsh, presented his statements. Participants also, enjoyed watching a video clip introducing Iran’s history and culture. Thereafter, Dr. Amir Hossein Batouli presented an overview of the scientific program and described the different themes and groups for participants. At the end, all guests were invited to take a group photo, have a break and enjoy the welcome dinner. Each student received a bag containing the program book, a nice metal badge with the IBRO logo on it as a memory of the School, notebook and a pen. 8 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 9 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 10 22-28 May, 2015 9:30-10:30 8:30-9:30 Time Lecture 3 Lecture 2 Lecture 1 Lecture Kamal Kharrazi Bahador Bahrami Ana Garcia Prof. Vincent Walsh Speaker fMRI HBM & CPE Brain and Behavior EEG TMS/tDCS Subject fMRI for Medicine from Scanner to Bed Contribution of Brain Mapping to Cognitive Psychology and Education What can individual differences tell us about human brain and behavior Role of EEG in Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 11:00-12:30 Lecture 4 Hamed Ekhtiari Title Some limitations of human brain stimulation: Making the leap from the lab to life 14:00-15:00 Lecture 5 11:00-11:45 9:30-10:30 8:30-9:30 Time Lecture 9 Lecture 8 Lecture 7 Lecture 6 Lecture Hamid SoltanianZadeh Mohammad Reza Ay Neil Muggleton Speaker BCI fMRI/EEG/MEG/DTI PET fMRI fMRI/DTI TMS/tDCS Subject Implantable Approach to Brain Mapping: An Engineering Perspective Integrated Analysis of EEG/MEG/fMRI/DTI PET for Human Brain Mapping: Instrumentation, Challenges and Benefits Analysis Methods of Brain Connectivity in fMRI Neuroimaging Methods for Human Brain Mapping Title Investigating brain function with TMS: opportunities, limits, and approaches 11:45-12:30 Lecture 10 Amir Sodagar Mohammad Ali Oghabian Gholam-Ali HosseinZadeh 14:00-15:00 Lecture 11 11 15:00-16:00 Sunday, May 24 15:00-16:00 Saturday, May 23 Symposium 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping Symposium 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 12 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Dr. M.R. Ay Dr. A. Sodagar 13 Dr. H. Soltanian-Zadeh 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Dr. N. Muggleton Dr. G.A. Hossein-Zadeh Dr. A. Garcia 14 Dr. B. Bahrami Dr. K. Kharrazi 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Prof. V. Walsh Dr. H. Ekhtiari 15 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 fMRI School Report The fMRI school of this IBRO event was held at NeuroImaging and Analysis Group (www.niag.ir), at the Medical Imaging Center of the Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The school was held for three days, and the program of the school was as follows: Table 1- Schedule of fMRI section of the 1st IBRO/APRC Iranian Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience, “Functional Human Brain Mapping” Monday, May 25 Time 8:30-9:30 9:30-10:30 11:00-12:00 fMRI School Program 13:30-14:30 14:30-16:00 Speaker Abbas Nasiraei Moghaddam Mohammad Ali Oghabian Seyed Amir Hossein Batouli Ali Reza Mohammadi Nezhad Farshad Rafie Mitra Ebrahimpoor Title Introduction to MRI fMRI Basics and Principles fMRI task design fMRI in Vision fMRI Data Analysis Tuesday, May 26 Time 8:30-9:30 9:30-10:30 11:00-12:00 13:30-14:30 14:30-16:00 Speaker Gholam Ali Hossienzadeh Mohammad Ali Oghabian Tahereh Sadat Zarghami Tahereh Sadat Zarghami Elaheh Yargholi Title Introduction to MRI fMRI Basics and Principles fMRI task design fMRI in Decision Making fMRI Data Analysis Wednesday, May 27 Time 8:30-9:30 9:30-10:30 11:00-12:00 13:30-14:30 14:30-16:00 Speaker Nader Riahi Alam Gholam Ali Hossienzadeh Morteza Pishnamazi Morteza Pishnamazi Elaheh Yargholi Title Introduction to MRI fMRI Basics and Principles fMRI task design fMRI in Working Memory fMRI Data Analysis 1. The school on each day started with an introductory talk to the basics of the MRI scanner and its physics. 2. The basics of functional imaging and especially functional MRI was later discussed. 3. After the break, the basics of designing an efficient paradigm design in fMRI were taught. 4. After lunch, the students visited the 3.0 Tesla MRI scanner of the Medical Imaging Center and due to their theme, they experienced how an fMRI session could be conducted. 5. Finally, students were taught of the basics of data analysis in fMRI, and the preprocessing and other relevant information about analyzing of fMRI data and extracting the active brain regions. 16 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping Imam Khomeini Hospital, Medical Imaging Centre Neuroimaging and Analysis Group 17 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 TMS/TES School Report TMS/TES section of 1st IBRO/APRC Iranian Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience, “Functional Human Brain Mapping” was held at Neurocognitive laboratory, Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) [1]. Schedule of this section is shown in Table 2. Table 2- Schedule of TMS/TES section of 1st IBRO/APRC Iranian Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience, “Functional Human Brain Mapping” WM/EF Monday, May 25 Time Speaker 8:30-9:45 Hamed Ekhtiari 10:00-11:30 Neil Muggleton 11:45-13:15 14:15-15:15 15:00-16:30 Padideh Nasseri, Milad Kassaie, Fatemeh Yavari Prof. Vincent Walsh Neil Muggleton, Prof Vincent Walsh Title TES Principles (Biophysics, Parameters, Types: “dcTES, acTES, mTES”, Running a Study with TES, Questions that could be answered by TES in WM/EF studies) r/TMS Principles (Biophysics, Coils, Stimulation Types, Applications, Questions that could be answered by TMS in WM/EF studies) Hands-on TES Practice (with WM/EF Related Tasks) How to Write a Scientific Proposal Hands-on TMS Practice(Coil Positioning, RMT Measurement, Running an simple WM/EF Experiment with TMS) DM Speaker 8:30-9:45 Hamed Ekhtiari 10:00-11:30 Neil Muggleton 11:45-13:15 14:15-15:15 15:00-16:30 Padideh Nasseri, Milad Kassaie, Fatemeh Yavari Prof.Vincent Walsh Neil Muggleton, Prof. Vincent Walsh Title TES Principles (Biophysics, Parameters, Types: “dcTES, acTES, mTES”, Running a Study with TES, Questions that could be answered by TES in DM studies) r/TMS Principles (Biophysics, Coils, Stimulation Types, Applications, Questions that could be answered by TMS in DM studies) Hands-on TES Practice (with DM Related Tasks) How to Write a Scientific Proposal Hands-on TMS Practice(Coil Positioning, RMT Measurement, Running an simple DM Experiment with TMS) Wednesday, May 27 V TMS School Program Tuesday, May 26 Time Time Speaker 8:30-9:45 Hamed Ekhtiari 10:00-11:30 Neil Muggleton 11:45-13:15 14:15-15:15 15:00-16:30 Padideh Nasseri, Milad Kassaie, Fatemeh Yavari Prof. Vincent Walsh Neil Muggleton, Prof. Vincent Walsh Title TES Principles (Biophysics, Parameters, Types: “dcTES, acTES, mTES”, Running a Study with TES, Questions that could be answered by TES in V studies) r/TMS Principles (Biophysics, Coils, Stimulation Types, Applications, Questions that could be answered by TMS in V studies) Hands-on TES Practice(with V Related Tasks) How to Write a Scientific Proposal Hands-on TMS Practice(Coil Positioning, RMT Measurement, Running an simple V Experiment with TMS) Three theoretical and two practical sessions had been planned for this section. In the first session, presented by Dr. Hamed Ekhtiari (Neurocognitive lab. director) [2], students got familiar with basic concepts of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) and different steps in designing and running a TES study [3]. 18 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 In the second session, taught by Dr. Neil Muggleton [4], students got familiar with basic concepts of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and essential topics which need to be kept in mind when designing and running TMS experiments such as coil type selection, stimulation frequency selection, stimulation site selection/localization, main task design, control task design, and finally some examples of special vision, working memory/executive function, or decision making tasks (depending on the theme of the students) which can be run while using rTMS. Then, the hands-on session of TES was administrated by Ms. Padideh Nasseri, Mr. Milad Kassaie, and Dr. Fatemeh Yavari. In this session, at first 10-20 EEG system, which is the most common method for electrode localization in TES/TMS experiment, was explained. Then Ms. Nasseri and Mr. Kassaie talked about requirements of a TES experiment, different TES electrodes montages [5], and safety points related to running a TES experiment. Then students were divided into groups of three people and practiced finding different locations of 10-20 EEG system, fixating tDCS electrodes on the head, application of 1mA direct current for 5 minutes, and concurrently performing a visual, executive function/working memory, or decision making computerized task (Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), n-back task with images and letters, depending on their theme). The first session in the afternoon was taught by Prof. Vincent Walsh [6]. Since the students were supposed to write a proposal on the last day of the school, Prof. Walsh talked about the principles of proposal writing. He explained about the essential parts of a proposal and then he divided the students into several groups and gave them enough time to write a proposal. Subsequently, each group explained their proposal and Prof. Walsh carefully examined different aspects of it (hypothesis, methods, novelty, etc.) and explained about the strong and weak points of each proposal. In the final session, students practically got familiar with TMS device under the supervision of Dr. Muggleton and Prof. Walsh. Different topics were practiced in this session including recording a motor evoked potential response from hand muscle, phosphene generation using TMS, performing a computerized visual search task concurrent with rTMS application, and TMS navigation system (if the students asked about). At the end of the day, instructors were at the students’ disposal to answer their questions. 19 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 First session of TMS/TES section; TES principles; Instructor: Dr. Hamed Ekhtiari Second session of TMS/TES section; rTMS principles; Instructor: Dr. Neil Muggleton 20 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Third session of TMS/TES section; TES handson; Instructor: Ms Padideh Nasseri, Mr Milad Kassaie, Dr. Fatemeh Yavari 21 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Fourth session of TMS/TES section; Proposal writing; Instructor: Prof. Vincent Walsh Fifth session of TMS/TES section; rTMS handson; Instructor: Prof. Vincent Walsh, Dr. Neil Muggleton. 22 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 EEG School Report EEG section of the 1st IBRO/APRC Iranian Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience, “Functional Human Brain Mapping” was held at the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Behehshti University. Schedule of this section is presented in Table 3. Table 3- Schedule of EEG section of the 1st IBRO/APRC Iranian Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience, “Functional Human Brain Mapping” Monday, May 25 V Time 8:30-10:30 11:00-12:30 Title An introduction to EEG data gathering and analysis Hands on experience on EEG/ERP data Hands on experience on EEG/ERP data analysis WM/EF Tuesday, May 26 Time 8:30-10:30 11:00-12:30 14:00-16:00 Speaker Reza Khosrowabadi Negar Sammaknejad, Sajjad Farashi Reza Khosrowabadi, Sajjad Farashi Title An introduction to EEG data gathering and analysis Hands on experience on EEG/ERP data Hands on experience on EEG/ERP data analysis Wednesday, May 27 Time 8:30-10:30 DM EEG School Program 14:00-16:00 Speaker Reza Khosrowabadi Negar Sammaknejad, Shadi Bagherzadeh Reza Khosrowabadi, Shadi Bagherzadeh 11:00-12:30 14:00-16:00 Speaker Reza Khosrowabadi Negar Sammaknejad, Leila Niazi Reza Khosrowabadi, Leila Niazi Title An introduction to EEG data gathering and analysis Hands on experience on EEG/ERP data Hands on experience on EEG/ERP data analysis One theoretical (2 hours) and two practical sessions (1:30 and 2 hours) had been planned for this section. In the first session, presented by Dr. Reza Khosrowabadi, students got familiar with basic concepts of Electroencephalography (EEG) including introduction to sources of neural activities, EEG device compartments, standard placement of electrodes, preprocessing of the raw EEG data, different steps in designing an EEG study and data analysis with several techniques. We tried to cover univariate, bivariate and multivariate methods therefore techniques suchas event related potential (ERP), power spectrum, quantifized EEG (QEEG), functional connectivity based methods were introduced. 23 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 In the second session, Ms. Shadi Bagherzadeh demonstrated the basic concepts of EEG/ERP data recording and essential steps needed for designing and running an EEG/ERP experiment. The theory behaind EEG cap selection and placement, experimental design (a high demanding task vs a low demanding task), and cognitive theories for vision, working memory/executive function, or decision making tasks (depending on the theme of the students) were explained. Subsequently, the explained materials were practiced by students and EEG/ERP data as well as subject's behavioral preformances were simultaneously recorded during a predesigned task (depending on the students theme). The EEG data was recorded by Mitsar system. Mrs. Leila Niazi was responsible for the afternoon session related to EEG/ERP data analysis. She explained the ERP components of the practiced task (vision, visuospatial working memory or gambeling task) and the concept behind the task and its neurobehavioral markers were highlighted. Then, students practically got familiar with EEG/ERP data analysis using WinEEG software under supervision of Dr. Ana Garcia, Dr. Reza Khosrowabadi and Mrs. Leila Niazi. Pipline of EEG data preprocessing and extraction of the ERP components were practiced. Finally during the group discussion, students found time for their remained questions. For a better intraction between student and explaining an application of EEG data analysis, two neurofeedback games (mindflex) were also presented to students. Instructors of the EEG/ERP section; Left to right: Sajjad Farashi, Shadi Bagherzadeh, Leila Niazi and Reza Khosrowabadi 24 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Hands-on experience on EEG/ERP data gathering; Ms. Shadi Bagherzadeh Hands-on experience on EEG/ERP data analysis Group Discussion and having fun with an EEG based application 25 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping A Group Photo During the Lunch A Group Photo with Decision Making Group 26 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Closing Ceremony Report The closing ceremony was held on Thursday, 28 May, 2015. First, Prof. Vincent Walsh gave a lecture on proposal writing techniques and students asked their questions. Then, participants enjoyed a tea break and after that they practiced proposal writing as a team work. Group presentation was performed by the students of different themes before and after lunch. Certificates were delivered and several group photos were taken. Finally, a wrap-up session was held during which the following items were addressed: i. Listening to Comments and Suggestions Made by IBRO Students ii. Video Clip About the School ii. Statement by Deputy Scientific Secretary, Dr. Hamed Ekhtiari iv. Distribution of Certificates v. Announcement of the Best Proposal Award vi. Election by IBRO Students to Choose the Class President and the Class Secretary vii. Collection of the Student’s Evaluation Forms Students divided to 7 groups. Each group presented a proposal related to their theme that they were participated in the School. The Group presentations were ranked by Prof. Vincent Walsh, Dr. Amir Hossein Batouli and Dr. Reza Khosrowabadi and the best proposal certificate and award was presented to the Group 1, including Tanya Calvey, Solmaz Jadidi, Hossein Khaleghzadeh Ahangar, Koustav Roy, Parisa Javadnia. Each student received a certificate confirming her/his status of IBRO alumna/alumnus along with a CD containing the pictures taken during the School and also a nice group photo printed on an A4 paper attached to an A4 size wood. 27 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 The Class president and Secretary were elected by the voting process. Leila Simani was elected as the Class President and Hanieh Alizadeh as the Class Secretary. Many students expressed their appreciation for what they had learned about neuroscience, and their stay in Tehran through their evaluation form. The average School score was 8.8 from 10. 28 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 29 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 30 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Tehran Cultural Visit The day after closing ceremony, a museum visit was arranged. Three museum at the Saadabad palace were visited including museum of the royal cars, the green palace and the white place. A light lunch was also served in front of the white palace at the end of this event. Entrance door of the Saadabad palace The Green Palace 31 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping 22-28 May, 2015 Entrance door of the Saadabad palace Entrance of the White Palace A Group Photo infront of the Green Palace 32 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping On the way of Green Palace On the way to the White Palace 33 22-28 May, 2015 1st Tehran IBRO/APRC Associate School of Cognitive Neuroscience on Functional Human Brain Mapping After the visit, waiting for the bus In front of the White Palace, lunch time 34 22-28 May, 2015