Adaptation and Implementation of an Electrophysiology Laboratory for Undergraduate Psychology and Physics Students

心理学-生物学(71)心理学和物理学专业的学生需要以探究为基础的经验，为他们在研究生研究和临床工作中越来越多地使用技术做准备。爱达荷州西北拿撒勒学院的学生在一个本科生实验室使用了电生理记录设备，该实验室成功地促进了学生实践学习和师生研究。该项目正在改造这个实验室，并为卡尔文学院心理学和物理系的学生创建一个联合使用的电生理记录实验室。该实验室基于Grass Instruments制造的Neurodata Model 15放大器--专为记录脑电图仪脑电数据和事件相关电位而设计。我们正在修订和扩大实验室课程，超越心理生理学的最初适应，将认知和动机心理学的本科生研究包括在内。该实验室还被用来研究生理产生的电势的物理性质。电生理记录已经成为许多医疗、人类服务和研究环境中的基本要素。通过为健康科学学习物理学，物理和生物专业的学生被介绍到实验室。学生们将继续在高级研究课程中使用该实验室，并通过师生研究项目。我们的目标是培养更强的技术能力，并在课堂上加强理论和应用的学习。具体成果包括修订的实验室手册、基于网络的实验室练习传播、学生研究演示文稿和师生出版物。

Psychology - Biological (71)Students in psychology and physics need inquiry-based experiences to prepare them for the increasing use of technology in graduate research and clinical work. Students at Northwest Nazarene College in Idaho have used electrophysiological recording equipment in an undergraduate laboratory that has successfully fostered hands-on student learning and faculty-student research. This project is adapting this laboratory and creating a joint-use electrophysiological recording laboratory for students in the Psychology and Physics departments at Calvin College. This laboratory is based on The Neurodata Model 15 Amplifier made by Grass Instruments -- designed for recording electroencephalograph (EEG) data and event-related potentials (ERP). We are revising and expanding the laboratory courses beyond the initial adaptation in psychophysiology to include undergraduate research in cognitive and motivational psychology. The lab is also being used to study the physical properties of physiologically generated electrical potentials. Electrophysiological recording has become an essential element in many medical, human service, and research settings. Physics and biology students are being introduced to the laboratory through the study of physics for the health sciences. Students will continue to use the laboratory in advanced researchcourses, and through student-faculty research projects. Our goals are to foster greater technical competency and enhance the learning of theory and applications in the classroom. Specific outcomes include revised laboratory manuals, Web-based dissemination of laboratory exercises, student research presentations, and student-faculty publications.