PSYC
401A/501A, Principles of Psychophysiology
Spring,
2008, Mondays, 300-550 p.m.
Room
304 Psychology
Printable
pdf version of this syllabus (link)
Podcasts
and Lecture Slides (link)
Reading List for Download of pdfs (link)
Copy of Paper Requirements and Guidelines
(link)
Instructor
John J.B. Allen
424 Psychology
Email:
John.JB.Allen@Arizona.edu
Phone: 621-4992
Office Hours: W
400-500, F 100-200
Course Description
This course will provide an overview of the principles, theory, and
applications of psychophysiological assessment.
The course has two main goals: a) to provide an introduction to theory
and research in major areas of human psychophysiology with a particular
emphasis on psychophysiological correlates and physiological substrates of
cognition, affect, and psychopathology; and b) to provide an introduction to
laboratory techniques and methodological principles in human psychophysiology. The latter goal will be met through didactic
as well as experiential means. For this
reason, the course is designed to be taken (but not required to be taken)
concurrently with PSYC 401B/501B, Psychophysiology Laboratory.
Course Structure
The course will involve a combination of lecture, discussion, and
demonstrations. I will bring in samples
of physiological signals for us to examine, and if you have psychophysiological
data you are interested in examining, please let me know. There is no explicit participation
requirement, but you will get more out of the course if you ask questions as
they arise. We will be covering
technical material, and you should feel quite free to interject your questions
as they arise. Each class period, you
will hand in a 3x5 card with your name and a question or comment that arose for
you in the context of the lecture. This
feedback mechanism, in addition to serving to keep attendance, will provide me
with feedback in terms of how the material is being understood (or not
understood!).
The main single source of readings for the course is:
Cacioppo, J.T.,
Tassinary, L.G. , & Berntson, G.G (2007).
Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd
edition).
The assigned readings from this text are listed below under the schedule
of topics and readings. The other
textbook is a programmed-learning text in basic electricity that is available
as the FastCopy packet:
Ryan, C.W.
(1986). Basic Electricity: A Self-Teaching Guide (2nd Edition).
You should complete Chapters 1‑5 of this programmed text. There will be a pass/fail test covering this
material to be administered at the beginning of class 18 February, 2006. You must score above 80% to pass; you may
retake the test should you need to do so.
Evaluation
Students in 401A will be evaluated separately from those in 501A. Your grade will be determined by the
electricity test (passing gives you 20% of the total points; failing = no
points), attendance (10%), your grade on a research proposal paper (40%,
details here, due 5 May, 2006, 3 pm),
and your performance on a take-home final (30%, due 12 May, 2006,
noon). The take-home final will be given
to students on the last day of class and be due one week later during the final
exam time. Late papers or exams will
receive a 10% reduction in possible points for each day such papers or exams
are late.
Your letter grade will
be determined in the following way: The
highest total score (based on the electricity test, attendance, the paper, and
the take home final) attained by any student in the class (for 401A and for
501A, considered separately) will become the reference score for grading. There will therefore be one reference score
for 401A, and one for 501A. The
student(s) with this highest total score will receive a grade of 100%. All other students will receive a percentage
grade based upon this highest score, and the following scale will be applied:
90% & above = A
80%-89% = B
70%-79% = C
60%-69% = D
Below 60% = Fail
Incompletes
Short of major medical illness or
global catastrophe, there is virtually no reason I will award an incomplete
grade for this course. Incompletes merely
move a crisis from one time to another.
Academic Integrity
Cheating and plagiarism on any
exam or the paper will result in a failing grade for the course, a notice will
be sent to the Dean’s office, and expulsion from the
Tentative Schedule of Topics
& Readings
Link to Reading
List for Download of pdfs
Link
to Podcasts and Lecture Slides
21 January: Martin Luther King Holiday -- University
Closed
28 January: Overviews
Cacioppo, J.T., Tassinary, L.G. & Berntson, G.G.
(2007). Psychophysiological science:
Interdisciplinary approaches to classic questions about the mind. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G.
Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp.
1-16).
Miller, G.A.,
(1996). How we think about cognition,
emotion, and biology in psychopathology.
Psychophysiology, 33, 615‑628.
4 February: Foundations: Basic Electricity,
Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
Ryan, C.W.
(1986). Basic Electricity: A Self-Teaching Guide (2nd Edition).
Matsumoto, R., Walker,
B.B., Walker, J.M., & Hughes, H. (1990). Fundamentals of neuroscience. In
J.T. Cacioppo & L.G. Tassinary (Eds.), Principles of psychophysiology:
Physical, social, and inferential elements (pp.58‑112),
11 February: Electrodermal Activity: Basics and
Application to Polygraph Testing
Dawson,
Lykken, D.T., Rose,
B., Luther, B., & Maley, M. (1966).
Correcting psychophysiological measures for individual differences in
range. Psychophysiological Bulletin, 66, 481‑484.
Lykken, D.T., &
Venables, P.H. (1971). Direct measurement of skin conductance: A proposal for
standardization. Psychophysiology, 8, 656‑672.
Lykken, D.T. (1959).
The GSR in the detection of guilt. Journal of Applied Psychology, 43,
385‑388.
Norris, C.J., Larsen,
J.T., & Cacioppo, J.T. (2007). Neuroticism is associated with larger and
more prolonged electrodermal responses to emotionally evocative pictures Psychophysiology, 44, 823-826.
18 February: Basic
Electricity Test Administered at Start of Class
Catch Up Class: Electrodermal Activity continued, Possibly
The Oculomotor System
Iacono, W.G. (2007).
Detection of Deception.. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson
(Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp. 688-703).
Stern, J.A., Walrath,
L.C., & Goldstein, R. (1984). The
endogenous eyeblink. Psychophysiology, 21, 22‑33.
25 February: Cardiovascular Psychophysiology
Berntson, G.G.,
Quigley, K.S., & Lozano, D. (2007). Cardiovascular Psychophysiology. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G.
Berntson, (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp.
182-210).
Bernston, G.G.,
Cacioppo, J.T., & Quigley, K.S. (1993).
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: Autonomic origins, physiological
mechanisms, and psychophysiological implications. Psychophysiology,
30, 183‑196.
Shalev, A. Y., Sahar,
T., Freedman, S., Peri, T., Glick, N., Brandes, D., Orr, S. P., & Pitman,
R. K. (1998). A prospective study of heart rate response following trauma and
the subsequent development of posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of
General Psychiatry, 55, 553-559.
Porges, S.W. (2007). The polyvagal
perspective. Biological Psychology, 74, 116-143.
O' Connor, M., Allen, J.J.B., & Kaszniak, A.W. (2005). Emotional
disclosure for whom? A study of vagal tone in bereavement. Biological
Psychology, 68, 135-146.
3 March: The
Skeletomotor System
Tassinary, L.G.,
Cacioppo, J.T., & Vanman, E.J.
(2007). The skeletomotor system: Surface electromyography. The
electrodermal system. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson,
(Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp.
267-299).
Dimberg, U., Thunberg, M., & Elmehed, K. (2000). Unconscious facial reactions to emotional facial expressions. Psychological Science, 11, 86-89.
Bradley, M.M., & Lang, P.J. (2007). Emotion and motivation. In
J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook
of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp. 581‑607).
Ruiz-Padiala, E.,
Sollers, J.J., Vila, J, & Thayer, J.F. (2003). The rhythm of the heart in the blink of an eye:
Emotion-modulated startle magnitude covaries with heart rate variability. Psychophysiology,
40, 306-313.
10 March: The Electroencephalogram, Basics in
Recording EEG, Frequency Domain Analysis and its Applications I -- Mood
Disorders & Emotions
Pizzagalli, D.A.
(2007). Electroencephalography and
high-density electrophysiological source localization. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G.
Berntson, (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp.
56-84).
Coan, J.A. & Allen, J.J.B.. (2004). Frontal EEG asymmetry as a moderator and mediator of emotion. Biological Psychology, 67, 7-50.
Porges, S.W., Bohrer, R.E., Cheung, M.N., Drasgow, F., McCabe, P.M., & Keren, G. (1980). New time-series statistic for detecting rhythmic co-occurrence in the frequency domain: The weighted coherence and its application to psychophysiological research. Psychological Bulletin, 88:580‑587.
Peterson, C.K., Shackman, A.J., &
Harmon-Jones, E. (2008). The role of asymmetrical frontal cortical
activity in aggression. Psychophysiology, 45 (2008), 86–92.
17 March: Spring Recess!!!!!!!!!!
24 March: Frequency Domain Analysis and its
Applications II -- Oscillatory and "40 Hertz" Phenomena
Spydell, J.D. &
Sheer, D.E. (1982). Effect of problem
solving on tight and left hemisphere 40 Hertz activity. Psychophysiology,
19, 420‑425.
Singer, W. (1993). Synchronization of cortical activity and its putative role in information processing and learning. Annual Review of Physiology, 55, 349‑374.
Sauseng,
P., Hoppe, J,. Klimesch, W., Gerloff, C. & Hummel, F.C. (2007).
Dissociation of sustained attention from central executive functions: local
activity and interregional connectivity in the theta range. European Journal
of Neuroscience, 25, 587-593.
31 March: The Polysomnograph and Issues in Sleep
Research
Pivik, R.T. (2007).
Sleep and dreaming. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson
(Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp. 633-662).
Carskadon, M.A., & Dement, W.C. (2005).
Carskadon,
M.A., & Rechtschaffen, A. (2005). Monitoring and staging human sleep. In
M.H. Kryger, T. Roth, & W.C. Dement (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 4th edition,
(pp 1359-1377).
Fabiani, M., Gratton,
G., and Federmeier, K.D. (2007).
Event-related brain potentials: Methods, theory, and applications. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G.
Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd edition; pp.
85-119).
Donchin, E. (1981). Surprise!...Surprise? Psychophysiology, 18,
493-513.
Johnson, R.J. (1986). A triarchic model of P300 amplitude. Psychophysiology, 23, 367-384.
Polich, J.(2007). Updating P300: An
integrative theory of P3a and P3b. Clinical Neurophysiology, 118, 2128–2148
14 April: More Applications of the ERP: P300, N400, ERN
Kutas, M. & Hillyard,
S.A. (1980). Event-related potentials to semantically inappropriate and
surprisingly large words. Biological Psychology, 11, 99-116.
Gehring, W. J., Goss, B., Coles, M. G. H., Meyer, D. E., & Donchin, E. (1993). A neural system for error detection and compensation. Psychological Science, 4, 385-390.
Trujillo, L. & Allen, J.J.B. (2007). Theta
EEG dynamics of the error-related negativity. Clinical
Neurophysiology. 118, 645-668.
21 April: Functional
Neuroimaging: PET and fMRI
Wagner, T.D., Hernandez,
L., Jonides, J., & Lindquist, M. (2007).
Elements of functional neuroimaging.
In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3rd
edition; pp. 19-55).
Amaro, E., & Barker, G.J. (2006). Study design in fMRI:
Basic principles, Brain and Cognition, 60, 220-232.
Ryan, T.L., & Alexander, G.E. (2007).
Neuroimaging: Overview of methods and applications. In L. Luecken and L. Gallo, Eds., Handbook
of Physiological Research Methods in Health Psychology.
28 April: Advanced Signal Processing I
Gratton, G., Coles,
M.G.H., & Donchin, E. (1983). A new
method for off-line removal of ocular artifact. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 55, 468-484.
Cook, E.W., & Miller, G.A. (1992). Digital Filtering: Background and tutorial for psychophysiologists. Psychophysiology, 3, 350‑367.
Cohen, M.X. (2008). Assessing transient cross-frequency coupling in EEG data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 168, 494–499.
Canolty, R.T., Edwards, E., Dalal, S.S.,
Soltani. M., Nagarajan, S.S., Kirsch, H.E., Berger, M.S., Barbara, N.M., &
Knight, R.T. (2006). High gamma power is phase-locked to theta
oscillations in human neocortex. Science, 313, 1626-1628.
(see also the supplemental material if interested)
5 May: (Paper
Due
Scherg, M. (1990).
Fundamentals of Dipole Source Potential Analysis. In F. Grandori, F. Hoke &
Romani, G.L. (Eds.), Auditory Evoked Magnetic Fields and Electric
Potentials. Advances in Audiology, 6, (pp. 40‑69).
Urbach TP. Kutas M.
(2002). The intractability of scaling
scalp distributions to infer neuroelectric sources. Psychophysiology. 39, 791-808.
Makeig,
S., Debener, S., Onton, J., & Delorme, A. (2004). Mining event-related
brain dynamics. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 204-210.
Debener,
S., Ullsperger, M., Siegel, M., Fiehler, K., von Cramon, Y.,& Engel, A.K.
(2005). Trial-by-trial coupling
of concurrent EEG and fMRI identifies the dynamics of performance
monitoring. Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 11730 –11737.
12
May: Final Exam Due NOON
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Other recommended sources for the seriously inclined:
Lyons, R. G. (1996). Understanding Digital Signal Processing. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing. (Note, there is also a 2004 edition)
Rosenbaum, D.A. (2007). Matlab for Behavioral Scientists. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Ingle, V.K., & Proakis, J.G. (2007). Digital
Signal Processing Using MATLAB (2nd Ed.). Toronto, CA: Thompson
Publishing.
PSYC
401B/501B
Psychophysiology
Laboratory
Spring,
2008
Supervising Instructor: John JB Allen (jallen@u.arizona.edu)
Laboratory Teaching
Assistant: Jim Cavanagh (jimcav@email.arizona.edu)
Laboratory Location
Laboratory sessions will take place in the Psychophysiology Laboratory, room 409 Psychology. This is a research laboratory, but times will
be made available for class members to conduct experiments, under the
supervision of the teaching assistant, in the laboratory.
Meeting Times and Important Dates
|
Lab Mtg |
Report Due |
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Feb 14 4:00-7:00 |
Skin Conductance
(2/28) |
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Feb 28 4:00-7:00 |
Cardiovascular (3/13) |
|
Mar 27 4:00-7:00 |
EEG (4/10) |
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Apr 17 4:00-7:00 |
ERP (5/1) |
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|
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Description
Psychophysiology Laboratory must be taken
concurrently with PSYC 401A/501A, Psychophysiology
Seminar. The objective of the
laboratory is to provide a pragmatic "hands-on" experience in
psychophysiological recording and analysis.
The laboratory will involve learning the many facets of
psychophysiological signal acquisition and analysis. Four experiments will be conducted, each
involving different response systems, offering you the opportunity to gain
experience acquiring, analyzing, and interpreting autonomic and electrocortical
psychophysiological measures.
Evaluation
For each experiment, students will be required to write an APA-style
method and results section. These four
papers will form the basis of your grade for the lab.
Experiments to be conducted
Experiment 1: Skin-conductance Guilty Knowledge Technique
Experiment 2: Electrocardiographic (EKG) responses to
stress
Experiment 3: Frontal electroencephalographic (EEG)
spectral changes
Experiment 4: Event-related brain potentials (ERPs)
Readings:
Readings will be provided as required in addition to the following, which
should be read in advance of the first laboratory session:
Greene, W.A.,
Turetsky, B., & Kohler, C. (2000).
In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G.
Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (2nd edition; pp. 951-977). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press. (NOTE THIS IS THE PREVIOUS
EDITION OF THE TEXT)