This unit consists of six modules:<br/><br/>Module 1—biopotentials and their measurement:<br/>(a) explain basic electricity, conduction, polarity, resistors, filters, circuits, AC amplifiers, DC amplifiers, differential amplifiers, insulators, impedance, artefact, analogue vs digital;<br/>(b) describe the generation and measurement of extra-cellular potentials by cardiac and skeletal muscle and brain cells;<br/>(c) distinguish voltage, frequency and amplitude characteristics between electroencephalogram (EEG), electroocculogram (EOG), electromyogram (EMG) and electrocardiogram (ECG);<br/>(d) summarise the principles of electrical safety; and<br/>(e) identify where electrodes should be... -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Peter Eastwood, Assistant Professor Jennifer Walsh and Stuart King
Prerequisites: enrolment in the Graduate Certificate in Adult Sleep Science or the Graduate Diploma in Sleep Science
