We measure electrical brain, muscle and heart activity with very high time precision. These recordings are possible across all ages starting with newborns, as well as with patients including people who cannot communicate, such as post-comatose patients.

This unit is a starting point for many studies that further probe cognition with the methods provided by the other units, such as EEG, MEG, fMRI, tACS/tDCS, and TMS. We can co-register eye movement and behavioral responses with fMRI and EEG, which allows us to exploit the strengths of the different methods all at once. Our facilities include eye movement measurement in VR, voice recording, and multi-subject testing.

We aim to integrate Austria’s large-scale facilities in the field of cognitive neuroscience by establishing a centralized hub for standardised storage, management and analysis of research data. Modern data processing workflows and reproducible analysis pipelines will be integrated into a high-performance computing environment optimized for data-intensive use cases. The Austrian NeuroCloud is committed to the EU Open Science policy and supporting the European Open Science Cloud.

We provide fully equipped hormone analysis to diagnose saliva and urine for homrones such as steroid hormones, oxytocin, and melatonin.Moreover, we provide expertise for the genetic analysis of hormone receptor genes.

We employ a state-of-the-art whole head scanner that samples the brain magnetic fields with very high time resolution, optionally integrated with EEG. Ancillary measurements include ECG, EMG, EOG, and binocular eye tracking. Auditory, somatosensory, and high-frequency visual stimulation devices complement the equipment, alongside with an MEG compatible transcranial electrical stimulation system.

We provide a 3 Tesla MRI scanner to record high resolution images of brain structure and blood flow changes related to neurons' activity during mental or motor tasks, during visual, auditory, and tactile stimulation, or when participants simply rest. Our setup can simultaneously record eye movements, heart rate, and other physiological parameters. We also provide transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to safely manipulate cognitive processing through brain stimulation.

We record body movements to visual, auditory, and tactile stimulation with high time precision. A setup that can perturb and restrict hand movements allows testing cognitive influences on motor output via reflex-like responses and force measurement. Tracking and stimulation can be combined with EEG, TMS, eye tracking, and fMRI.