ERP Boot Camp 7/11

The UC-Davis ERP Boot Camp, an NIH-funded summer workshop on the ERP technique, will be held July 11-20 2011.
This event is appropriate for students, postdocs, and faculty who might be interested in attending.

The ERP Boot Camp is a 10-day introduction to the ERP technique held each summer at UC Davis. It is intended for beginning and intermediate ERP researchers, and for both basic scientists and clinical/translational researchers.

The topics will include:

1. Where do ERPs come from? What do they mean?
2. ERP components
3. The design and interpretation of ERP experiments
4. EEG data acquisition
5. Filtering, artifact rejection, and artifact correction
6. Measuring and analyzing ERP components
7. ERP localization
8. Time-frequency analysis
9. Setting up and running an ERP lab

The Boot Camp consists of lectures on these topics, structured discussions, individual consultations, and a substantial laboratory component. It is led by Steve Luck, and the faculty includes many distinguished ERP researchers from UC Davis and other universities.

Participants at previous Boot Camps have come from around the world and have ranged from beginning graduate students to full professors. They have included psychologists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and speech pathologists. Typically, we expect that students and postdocs should have had at least 6 months of significant ERP (or related) experience before attending the Boot Camp.

We strongly encourage the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups.

Funding is available from NIMH to defray some or all of the costs of attending the Boot Camp, and scholarships will be provided to all participants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Unfortunately, scholarships are not available for international participants. We typically accept 25-28 U.S. citizens and permanent residents, along with 2-5 international participants.

The application consists of a CV, a 1-2 page statement of background and interests, and (for students and postdocs) a letter of recommendation.

Applications for the 2011 session are now being accepted at erpinfo.org/the-erp-bootcamp. Applications are due on March 1, 2011. Questions should be directed to erpbootcamp@gmail.com.

For additional information, see erpinfo.org/the-erp-bootcamp.