Mobile Research Laboratory

移动研究实验室

• 批准号: 447246283
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Major Research Instrumentation
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2019-12-31 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/447246283?language=en
• 关键词: Mobile; Research; Laboratory

A better understanding of the development and maintenance of mental health and mental disorders over the life span is a central concern of research at the Mental Health Research and Treatment Center (MHRTC). Based on a biopsychosocial development model, factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of mental health and disorder in populations of different ages and at different risk for mental disorders are studied both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. The methodology used ranges from standardized surveys to behavioural observations and psychophysiological/cognitive studies conducted in inpatient laboratories. However, analyses of the representativeness of the samples examined show that participants with low socioeconomic status (SES), a risk group for mental disorders, are systematically underrepresented. In prospective longitudinal studies, the response rate for multiple laboratory examinations decreases with each laboratory examination, since participants shy away from the increased travel expenses. This selectivity of samples is an increasingly critically discussed phenomenon in psychology (see criticism of the dominance of "WEIRD" study participants). A more balanced composition of the samples with regard to SES, while at the same time keeping the time expenditure feasible and the cost-benefit ratio of the resources employed good, seems indispensable. Mobile laboratories represent an ideal strategy for implementing these points. The present proposal aims at the acquisition of a mobile laboratory that fully and compatibly reflects the existing stationary laboratory capacities. Studies can thus be carried out simultaneously in the stationary laboratories and the mobile laboratory. The gained spatial and temporal flexibility allows to address hard-to-reach target groups and to significantly accelerate time-consuming data collection for studies with high drop-out rates / low participation rates. The devices applied for comprise a peripheral physiological amplifier system (64 channels EEG, module for the recording of electrodermal activity, bipolar channels for the recording of the electrocardiogram and electromyogram, breathing belts), four height-adjustable dome cameras, designed for behavioural observations, including software for time-synchronous video recording, microphones for voice recording, an eye tracking system, and the computer and audio systems necessary for laboratory operation and stimulation. The use of a mobile research laboratory will help to examine groups of people who are hardly represented in psychological research and to reduce drop-out rates in longitudinal studies, thus making an important and necessary contribution to valid and representative psychological research.

更好地了解一生中精神健康和精神障碍的发展和维持是精神健康研究和治疗中心（MHRTC）研究的一个中心问题。基于生物心理社会发展模型，对不同年龄和不同精神障碍风险人群中促进精神健康和障碍发展和维持的因素进行了横断面和纵向研究。使用的方法范围从标准化调查到行为观察和在住院实验室进行的心理生理/认知研究。然而，对样本代表性的分析表明，低社会经济地位（SES）的参与者（精神障碍的风险群体）在系统上代表性不足。在前瞻性纵向研究中，多次实验室检查的反应率随着每次实验室检查而下降，因为参与者回避增加的旅行费用。在心理学中，这种对样本的选择性是一种越来越受到批评的现象（参见对“WEIRD”研究参与者占主导地位的批评）。在SES方面，更平衡的样本组成，同时保持时间支出的可行性和所使用资源的成本效益比良好，似乎是必不可少的。移动实验室是实现这些要点的理想策略。本建议的目的是购置一个流动实验室，以充分和兼容地反映现有固定实验室的能力。因此，研究可以在固定实验室和移动实验室同时进行。获得的空间和时间灵活性使我们能够处理难以接触到的目标群体，并大大加快耗时的高退学率/低参与率研究数据收集工作。所申请的设备包括一个外围生理放大系统（64通道脑电图，记录皮肤电活动的模块，记录心电图和肌电图的双极通道，呼吸带），四个可调高度的半球摄像机，设计用于行为观察，包括时间同步视频记录软件，录音麦克风，眼动追踪系统，以及实验室操作和刺激所必需的计算机和音频系统。使用流动研究实验室将有助于检查在心理学研究中几乎没有代表的人群，并减少纵向研究的辍学率，从而对有效和有代表性的心理学研究作出重要和必要的贡献。