Methodological aspects of MMN research

Tuesday, Sep 8, 2015
10:00-17:00
SKH 133

Chair

Alexandra Bendixen and Andreas Widmann

Info

This pre-conference workshop targets researchers who are new to the MMN field and who wish to learn about methodological aspects of designing, analyzing, and interpreting MMN studies. We will cover aspects such as "How to design a well-controlled MMN experiment", "What does the MMN signal mean?", "Translating MMN into the clinic", and "Pre-MMN indicators of auditory deviance detection". The workshop will be held in tutorial style with lots of opportunities for questions and discussion (35 min talks + 15 min discussion).

Contributions

• MMN paradigms
  János Horváth
• MMN from a cognitive point of view
  Alexandra Bendixen
• The mechanisms and meaning of the mismatch negativity
  Yonatan Fishman
• MMN Interpretation – the adaptation model
  Patrick May
• Recording mismatch negativity and related potentials in neurological patients
  Leon Deouell
• Pre-MMN indicators of deviance detection
  Sabine Grimm