Courses
We offer regular PsPM courses. To check for updates, visit our news site, our LinkedIn page, or follow bachlab on BlueSky.
Course preparation
Before getting started with our lectures and tutorials, we suggest that participants install Matlab and PsPM on their computers, download the provided data sets, and try to replicate the instructors’ demonstrations.
- Download latest PsPM version
- Download GLM dataset
- Download non-linear model dataset
- PsPM overview paper.13209) (open version)
Course slides & webcasts
All course webcasts are hosted on our opencast e-lecture channel. Complimentary slides can be downloaded below. The download links for the slides can be found above the individual videos.
PsPM Lectures
Lecture 1: Theoretical overview (beginner)
Lecture 2: Practical overview (beginner)
We are sorry. There is currently no material available for Lecture 2.
Lecture 3: Theoretical overview (advanced)
Lecture 4: Practical overview (advanced)
We are sorry. There is currently no material available for Lecture 4.
Lecture 5: Skin Conductance Responses (SCR)
Lecture 6: Pupil and gaze (Dominik R. Bach)
Lecture 7: Cardiac, respiratory and startle responses
Lecture 7a:
Lecture 7b:
Lecture 8: Measuring fear conditioning with PsPM
We are sorry. There is currently no material available for Lecture 8.
PsPM Tutorials
Some of the tutorials have slides, others come with additional files for practice.
Tutorial 1: Data import and preprocessing
Tutorial 2: GLM and timing definitions
Tutorial 3: SCR and non-linear models
Tutorial 4: Pupil and gaze analysis
Tutorial 5: Cardiac, respiratory and SEBR analysis
Tutorial 6: Workflow automation
Upcoming PsPM Courses
Currently non scheduled.
Past PsPM courses
- 22 May 2024: ESCAN 2024: Ghent (satellite tutorial)
- 18 - 19 January 2024: University of Bonn (live online 2-half-day PsPM workshop with practical training)
- 21 - 22 July 2021 ESCAN 2021: Budapest (online 1.5-day PsPM satellite workshop with practical training)
- 30 June - 1 July 2020: ESCAN 2020 Budapest (full 2-day PsPM satellite workshop with practical training; postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic)
- 6 April - 14 May 2020: Live online course
- 30 March 2020: EMHFC 2020 Bochum (workshop on pupil size measurements; cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
- 13 November 2019: University of Göttingen
- 2 July 2019: Aegina Summer School on Social Cognition 2019
- 5 - 6 June 2019: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig
- 29 - 30 May 2018: Pre-conference workshop, Psychology & Brain, Gießen