CSD3317 Human Rhythms

 

Expected to run fall 2023.

 

The human body produces many rhythms from the brain (the electroencephalogram or EEG), the heart (electrocardiogram or ECG), muscles (electromyogram or EMG), the ears (otoacoustic emissions), and even the voice. These "signals" can tell us about the body's function including clinically useful information used in the diagnosis of disease. Learning to work with physiological signals is a modern skill that is useful in diverse areas such as neuroscience, psychology, medical sciences, nursing, health and rehabilitation sciences, kinesiology, audiology, speech language pathology, and other sciences. Artists interested in the human body may also find working with these rhythms useful.

This course introduces the basics of working with physiological signals measured from the human body. Students will learn some MATLAB programming language to complete exercises. Knowing some programming is a modern survival skill in many disciplines!

The course has been designed for beginners without prior programming experience or experience with signals. Classroom teaching is immediately followed by hands-on exercises in a computer laboratory with the instructor (Dr. David Purcell) and teaching assistant. Students attend only one of two laboratory sessions each week.

Only prerequisite is at least two years of undergraduate completed.

-       Course is designed for those without prior experience and has incorporated helpful feedback from students to make it an even better experience.

-       Undergraduate version of the course is CSD3317.

-       Graduate version of the course includes an extra project component and has the course number HRS9603.

 

Links

 

-       Course listing on the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders website.

-       See academic calendar for formal course listing.

 

 

Dr. David Purcell's lab web page.

Feel free to write Dr. Purcell: purcelld[at]nca.uwo.ca