Lecturer: Klaus Gramann
Fields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Mobile Brain Imaging
Content
The human brain has evolved to optimize the outcome of our behavior. Yet, established human brain imaging approaches restrict any active movement of participants to avoid artifacts from distorting the signal of interest. Recent developments in brain imaging technologies allow for conducting experiments beyond established laboratory-based experimental protocols. Light-weight mobile EEG and fNIRS amplifiers can be combined with additional modalities like motion capture, eye tracking and virtual reality providing unprecedented insights into behavioural and brain dynamic states during embodied interactions with our surroundings.
The course will introduce Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI). The core knowledge and skills taught by the course are:
• the fundamental concepts behind EEG and problems related to movement
• the basic concepts of MoBI (embodiment, technology, applications)
• core ideas and findings in MoBI research
• application of MoBI to the field of spatial cognition
In more detail, the course will have four sessions with the following topics:
1. Fundamental EEG Concepts: physiological origins of the EEG signal, generators, volume and capacitive conduction, oscillations and origins, extraction of time domain and frequency domain parameters
2. Fundamental EEG Concepts: EEG technology, traditional amplifiers, newer developments
3. Basic concepts of MoBI: Embodiment, EEG and movement, multimodal Data acquisition, multimodal data analyses
4. MoBI application: Embodied spatial navigation, MoBI and traditional desktop comparison, newer developments
Literature
- Literature is optional and more regarded as ‘further/complementary reading’:
- 1) Wilson, M. (2002). Six views of embodied cognition. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 9(4), 625-636.
- 2) Niso, G., Romero, E., Moreau, J. T., Araujo, A., & Krol, L. R. (2023). Wireless EEG: A survey of systems and studies. NeuroImage, 269, 119774.
- 3) Makeig, S., Gramann, K., Jung, T.-P., Sejnowski, T.J., & Poizner, H. (2009). Linking Brain, Mind and Behavior. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 73(2), 95-100.
- 4) Gramann, K. (2024). Mobile EEG for Neurourbanism Research-What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A Critical Review with Guidelines. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102308.
Lecturer
Klaus Gramann
seit 07/2012 Professor of Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics, Technical University Berlin, Germany 10/2011 – 04/2012 Acting Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University Osnabrück, Germany 05/2011 – 10/2011 Visiting Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 07/2011 – 12/2011 Associate Research Scientist, University of California, San Diego, USA 05/2007 – 07/2011 Assistant Research Scientist, University of California, San Diego, USA 03/2004 – 05/2007 Assistant Professor (C1), University Munich, Germany 06/2002 – 03/2004 Post Doctoral Scholar, University Munich, Germany 2002 – 2007 Habilitation Biological and General Psychology, University Munich, Germany 1998 – 2002 Ph.D. Psychology, Technical University Aachen, Germany 1998 – 1998 Diploma Psychology, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany 1994 – 1996 Pre-Diploma Psychology, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany 1991 – 1993 Certified Communication Manager, Academy for Communication, Kassel, Germany
Affiliation: TU Berlin
Homepage: https://www.tu.berlin/en/bpn/about/management-and-administration/klaus-gramann