REU Site: Translating Research in the Psychological Sciences to the Real World

REU 网站：将心理科学研究转化为现实世界

• 批准号: 2241704
• 负责人: Patricia DeLucia
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2241704&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Translating; Research; Psychological

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). This REU Site engages students in research that is relevant to solving society’s most pressing issues, such as improving the mobility of people with visual impairment, designing semi-autonomous vehicles so that they can be driven safely, enhancing patient safety by increasing the effectiveness of team communication, and identifying early behavior markers of Alzheimer’s Disease. Students will develop skills in conducting literature reviews, understanding and critiquing scientific articles, designing research studies, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results in terms of real-world applications, conducting research responsibly, working collaboratively, and communicating results. This training will make students attractive for graduate school as well as for the plentiful job opportunities in applied psychology, for example, for industry employers seeking individuals who can apply research training to practical issues such as evaluating products and user interfaces. The REU Site will support diversity in social and behavioral sciences by recruiting underrepresented groups to participate. Results of the research have broad practical significance and will be publicly disseminated.The research pursued in this REU program advances the cutting edge of basic knowledge in the areas of cognitive psychology, cognitive and affective neuroscience, perception, social psychology, health psychology, industrial/organizational, human-automation collaboration, and human factors/human computer interaction. It also translates that knowledge into implications for real-world problems. For example, understanding how people integrate auditory and visual information from moving vehicles can help enhance rehabilitation and training in people with visual impairments. Identifying factors that contribute to discrimination can lead to training practices that improve the workplace environment. Tracking gradual changes in memory concurrent with brain measurements can lead to behavior and neural markers of early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. All of the research employs rigorous scientific methods which will generate results that advance both theory and lead to recommendations for practice.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目由社会，行为和经济科学理事会（SBE）本科生研究经验（REU）站点计划资助。该REU网站吸引学生参与与解决社会最紧迫问题相关的研究，例如改善视力障碍人士的行动能力，设计半自动车辆以使其能够安全驾驶，通过提高团队沟通的有效性来提高患者的安全性，以及识别阿尔茨海默病的早期行为标志。学生将培养进行文献综述、理解和批评科学文章、设计研究研究、收集和分析数据、根据实际应用解释结果、负责任地进行研究、协同工作和交流结果的技能。这种培训将使学生对研究生院以及应用心理学领域的大量工作机会具有吸引力，例如，对于寻找能够将研究培训应用于评估产品和用户界面等实际问题的个人的行业雇主来说。REU网站将通过招募代表性不足的群体参与，支持社会和行为科学的多样性。研究成果具有广泛的现实意义，并将向社会公开传播。在REU项目中进行的研究推进了认知心理学、认知和情感神经科学、感知、社会心理学、健康心理学、工业/组织、人类自动化协作和人因/人机交互等领域基础知识的前沿。它还将知识转化为现实世界问题的含义。例如，了解人们如何整合来自移动车辆的听觉和视觉信息可以帮助加强视力障碍患者的康复和训练。识别导致歧视的因素可以促成改善工作场所环境的培训实践。在大脑测量的同时跟踪记忆的逐渐变化可以导致阿尔茨海默病早期阶段的行为和神经标记。所有的研究都采用严格的科学方法，这些方法将产生理论进步和实践建议的结果。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。