20
OCT 2016The Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit of CBMR unit provides support for research on language, learning & memory, and affective cognition in adults and children, using cognitive-behavioral and neuroscientific approaches. The facilities of the Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit are open for utilization by Portuguese and international researchers that want to conduct collaborative research at the Universidade do Algarve. The Core Facilities of the Unit include state-of-the-art Electroencephalography (EEG) and Eye-Tracker laboratories as well as both hardware and software support for cognitive-behavioral research.
The CBMR Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit facilities are constituted by an Electroencephalography laboratory (EEG lab) and an Eye-tracker laboratory (ET lab) and also provides several equipment for behavioral studies, allowing precise measurement of response times to visual and auditory stimuli.
The CBMR Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit has a sound-proof boot that allows both behavioural and EEG data collection. It is also available several push button response boxes, headsets, voice key response box, among others. Some standard software packages are available, such as Presentation and Matlab. Neuropsychological tests are also available (e.g., WAIS III, WISC III, WMS III, Purdue Pegboard, PPVT 4, CPM-P)