This pset-focused course will train you on how to use brain imaging data - primarily functional magnetic resonance imaging while participants watch movies - to read the minds of adults. In doing so, you will acquire expertise in writing Python code, using parallel computing and analyzing big data. Prereqs: Coding (e.g., CS 106A); Statistics (e.g., PSYCH10). Recommended: Neuroscience (e.g., PSYCH PSYCH 164, PSYCH PSYCH 50).
3 units · Letter (ABCD/NP)
This pset-focused course will train you on how to use brain imaging data - primarily functional magnetic resonance imaging while participants watch movies - to read the minds of adults. In doing so, you will acquire expertise in writing Python code, using parallel computing and analyzing big data. Prereqs: Coding (e.g., CS 106A); Statistics (e.g., PSYCH10). Recommended: Neuroscience (e.g., PSYCH 164, PSYCH 50).
Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.