Research Skills

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  • Analysis of task-based and resting state data in AFNI
  • Collection and analysis at 3T and 7T
  • Event-related and block designs
  • AFNI volume-based and SUMA surface-based analysis
  • Non-linear registration in FSL and AFNI
  • Freesurfer anatomical structural analysis and ROI identification
  • Definition of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis by hand
  • ANTs N4 bias field correction
  • Blip-up blip-down distortion correction in AFNI
  • Automated fMRI analysis via C shell scripts
  • Scripting for parallel processing on super computer in SLURM
  • Data collection
  • Analysis in the matlab toolboxes, EEGLAB and ERPLAB
  • Automated analysis via scripting in EEGLAB and ERPLAB
  • Skin-conductance collection and analysis
  • EMG collection and analysis
  • Designing cognitive and affective tasks in e-prime
  • Event-related, block design, and resting state fMRI
  • fMRI stimulus timing optimization using AFNI's RSFgen and 3dDeconvolve
  • ERP and behavioral (accuracy and RT) task design
  • Use of multiple paradigms
    • Instructed emotion regulation
    • Implicit association
    • Joystick approach/avoidance
    • Affective priming
    • Change detection
    • Attentional blink
    • Go/no go
    • Threat of shock
    • N-back
    • Mental fatigue induction
    • Novel image task
    • Temporal uncertainty task
  • Implementation of automated randomization and counter-balancing in e-prime
  • SPSS, R, SAS and mplus
  • Mixed linear modelling
  • Between-subjects, repeated measures and mixed ANOVA
  • Regression
  • Structural equation modelling
  • Correction for multiple comparison in AFNI, SPSS, R and SAS
  • Compiling literature reviews and references
  • Writing manuscripts and grant proposals
  • Creation of effective, high-resolution data graphics using excel, GIMP, and adobe illustrator
  • Design and implementation of data backup strategy for ~20 TB of data involving RAID storage and computer networking
  • C shell scripting for automated fMRI and EEG data backup