Making access to neuroimaging easy: PLannning, Experimental and Analysis SUppport in REsearch (PLEASURE)

当本德神经成像研究所（BION）于2000年由Dieter Vaitl博士教授创立时，它是德国第一个将磁共振成像（MRI）系统应用于心理部门的研究所。从一开始，该研究所的目标就是使心理学领域的团体能够使用MRI系统来研究心理过程的神经生理基础。15年后，功能磁共振成像（fMRI）成为神经科学多学科研究领域最突出的研究方法。由于高运营成本，优化扫描仪的利用率并将BION组织为具有本地和全国影响力的研究核心单位是有意义的。当前应用程序的目的是为其用户提供更专业、更有效和更支持性的支持。这些计划中的进步将吸引来自大学内部的新研究人员，尤其是来自贾斯特斯-李比希大学吉森分校以外的研究人员。为了实现这一目标，将在DFG的RIsource门户中列出BION。为此，基础设施资源需要专业化，以便所有用户都能根据自己的需求，通过PLEASURE（研究中的规划、实验和分析支持）项目获得心理实验设计的规划、实施和统计分析的最佳支持。该项目包括开发新的服务，继续在过去15年的心理MRI研究中获得的经验。因为所有的服务和资源都是透明和可访问的，所以它可以成为其他站点的原型模型。由于以下原因，BION被预定为心理学中的DFG MRI核心单元（Gerätezentrum）。首先，一台现代的3特斯拉磁共振断层扫描仪是专门用于研究的。扫描时间不会因病人护理而中断。实验装置不必在每次实验后移除。其次，拥有大量与心理研究问题高度相关的先进设备（如fMRI-EEG同步记录放大器、眼动追踪设备、视觉、声学和触觉刺激设备、响应箱单元）。第三，中心在组织对外合作项目方面经验丰富。第四，BION位于德国中部；通过法兰克福火车站和法兰克福机场，与国内和国际交通便利。

When the Bender Institute of Neuroimaging (BION) was founded in 2000 by Prof. Dr. Dieter Vaitl, it was the first institute in Germany to put a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system into operation within a psychological department. From the beginning, it was the objective of the institute to enable groups from the field of psychology to use an MRI system in order to study the neurophysiological basis of psychological processes. Fifteen years later, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is the most prominent research method in the multidisciplinary neuroscience research field. Due to the high operating costs, it makes sense to optimize the utilization of the scanner and to organize the BION as a research core-unit with a local but also a nation-wide presence. The aim of the present application is to increase the support more professionally, efficiently and supportively for its users. These planned advancements will attract new researchers from inside as well as, especially, from outside of Justus-Liebig-University Giessen. In line with this goal, the BION will be listed in the RIsource portal of the DFG. For this purpose, infrastructural resources need to be professionalized in a way that all users receive optimal support for planning, conducting and statistical analyses of psychological experimental designs depending on their demands by the program PLEASURE (PLanning, Experimental and Analysis SUpport in REsearch). The program PLEASURE includes the development of new services which proceed the experience gained in the last 15 years of psychological MRI research. Because all services and resources will be transparent and accessible, it could be a prototypical model for other sites. The BION is predestined to be a DFG MRI core unit (Gerätezentrum) in psychology for the following reasons. Firstly, a modern 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Tomograph is available exclusively for research. Scan times are not interrupted by patient care. Experimental set-ups do not have to be removed after each experiment. Secondly, a large number of state-of-the-art equipment highly relevant for psychological research questions (e.g., simultaneous fMRI-EEG recording amplifier, eye-tracking equipment, visual, acoustic and tactile stimulation devices, response box units) is available. Thirdly, the BION is highly experienced in organizing external cooperation projects. Fourthly, the BION is located in the middle of Germany; with excellent national and international accessibility via Frankfurt train station and Frankfurt airport.