MRI: Acquisition of an ActiveTwo EEG/ERP Acquisition System

MRI：ActiveTwo EEG/ERP 采集系统的采集

• 批准号: 1337152
• 负责人: Stephanie Simon-Dack
• 金额: $ 8.63万
• 依托单位: Ball State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1337152&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; ActiveTwo; EEG; ERP

With Major Research Instrumentation support, Dr. Stephanie L. Simon-Dack and her collaborators will purchase a Biosemi Electroencephalography/Event-Related Potentials (EEG/ERP) Active Two Acquisition System for the joint use of the Department of Psychological Science and the Department of Counseling and Guidance Services at Ball State University. The use of EEG/ERP technology is ideal for studying how and when attention and specific cognitive resources are recruited to perform functional acts of cognition that lead to human behavior. Through the placement of electrodes on the scalp, the equipment will allow for the non-invasive recording of electrical brain activity related to the timing and location of cognitive and emotional processes of the brain. The participating researchers who will use the equipment collaboratively on four proposed research projects are all specialists in different and dynamic areas of psychology, and thus the equipment will allow for holistic study of thought and behavior. Research project 1 will examine the effects of multiple sensory inputs (e.g., such as touch and hearing, or touch and sight) on the recruitment of attentional resources. This will inform future situations involving the presentation of sensory information to individuals when multiple inputs may be helpful or harmful to responding expediently (e.g., instrumentation alerts for fighter pilots; educational techniques for individuals with learning deficits).Research project 2 will examine the neurophysiological processes involved in the comprehension of uncertainty terms (words that can have a wide range of interpretation, such as the word "probably") and will contribute to our understanding of situated language use.Research project 3 will investigate the neural stages and timing of decision-making in individuals exposed to information that is consistent or inconsistent with previously held attitudes and beliefs. This project will allow for insight into how a person's prior beliefs can influence the decision making process.Research project 4 will allow the investigators to examine the relationship between brain processes and psychological factors involved in good career decision-making. The high unemployment rate in the United States underscores the importance of making sound career decisions and this project aims for a greater understanding of the psychophysiological correlates underlying this process.The proposed projects will facilitate development of neurophysiological research and training at Ball State University across multiple departments. Students (both undergraduate and graduate) will be involved in the research programs and have the opportunity to develop their own research projects using the EEG recording equipment. By coordinating efforts with the Associate Provost for Diversity, the PIs will work with the Office of Institutional Diversity to actively recruit student researchers from underrepresented groups including women, minorities, and low-income first generation college students, an endeavor that is consistent with the emphasis on diversity at the PI's home institution. Students who participate in these projects will be prepared for higher education opportunities in an increasingly competitive and physiology-focused field. Departmental and institutional access to this equipment will allow faculty and students to remain competitive in the field of psychology as emphasis on the neurophysiological correlates of thought and behavior continues to grow.

在主要研究仪器的支持下，Stephanie L. Simon-Dack和她的合作者将购买一个Biosemi脑电图/事件相关电位（EEG/ERP）主动两次采集系统，供鲍尔州立大学心理科学系和咨询与指导服务系联合使用。 使用EEG/ERP技术是研究如何以及何时招募注意力和特定认知资源来执行导致人类行为的认知功能行为的理想选择。 通过在头皮上放置电极，该设备将允许非侵入性地记录与大脑认知和情感过程的时间和位置相关的脑电活动。将在四个拟议的研究项目中合作使用该设备的参与研究人员都是心理学不同和动态领域的专家，因此该设备将允许对思想和行为进行整体研究。 研究项目1将研究多种感官输入的影响（例如，如触觉和听觉，或触觉和视觉）对注意力资源的募集。这将告知未来涉及向个人呈现感官信息的情况，此时多个输入可能有助于或有害于方便地响应（例如，战斗机飞行员的仪表警报研究计划二将探讨理解不确定性词汇的神经生理过程（可以有多种解释的词语，研究项目3将研究决策的神经阶段和时间，使个人接触到与先前持有的态度和信念一致或不一致的信息。这个项目将允许深入了解一个人的先前信念如何影响决策过程。研究项目4将允许研究人员检查大脑过程和心理因素之间的关系，这些因素涉及良好的职业决策。美国的高失业率强调了做出正确职业决定的重要性，本项目旨在更好地理解这一过程背后的心理生理学相关性。拟议的项目将促进鲍尔州立大学多个系的神经生理学研究和培训的发展。学生（包括本科生和研究生）将参与研究项目，并有机会使用EEG记录设备开发自己的研究项目。 通过与多样性副教务长的协调努力，PI将与机构多样性办公室合作，积极招募来自代表性不足的群体，包括妇女，少数民族和低收入的第一代大学生的学生研究人员，这是一项奋进与PI的家庭机构对多样性的重视相一致。参加这些项目的学生将为竞争日益激烈和以生理学为重点的领域的高等教育机会做好准备。部门和机构获得这种设备将使教师和学生在心理学领域保持竞争力，因为对思想和行为的神经生理学相关性的重视继续增长。