Course Content

You will learn how to use the Matlab programming environment interactively and as a script language to write executable programs. A strong focus will lie on data handling: you will learn to enter, import, manipulate, analyze, and visualize scientific data of various types. For example: subject data, time series, images, etc. Second, you will learn to write programs. Goal of the course is to provide you with the skills needed to use Matlab as a versatile tool for research in Biopsychology and Neuroscience.

Topics include

• Getting started – introduction to the Matlab programming environment
• Matlab as a calculator – basic commands and syntax
• Your workspace – entering and manipulating data
• Visualizing data – graphics and plotting
• Accessing experimental data – reading and writing files
• Organizing data – advanced data structures
• Writing programs – basic program structures
• Writing programs – procedures and functions
• Analyzing data – statistical tools, hypothesis testing, correlations, regressions, …
• Handling formatted data – bitmap images, movies, sounds, medical data formats
• Know your limits – optimizing memory-use and computational resources
• … and more.

Last update: March 25, 2024