Enhanced Laboratory Undergraduate Instruction in Physiological Psychology Using Invertebrate Models and Non-Invasive Techniques

小行星9451027 心理学和其他学科面临着批评，有时甚至是针对他们在研究中使用脊椎动物的非法活动。反应通常涉及新的和更严格的实验室动物护理和使用指南。此外，执行这些指导方针和加强防止破坏行为的必要措施需要大量使用稀缺的资金。因此，该项目支持一个介绍性的本科生生理心理学实验室，该实验室使用简单的无脊椎动物准备和心理生理学实验。使用基本的计算机设备和配件。演示说明了各种神经生理现象，和大学生学习不同的电生理和心理生理技术。 鉴于在教学和研究中使用脊椎动物的持续争议，预计心理学和生物学的许多部门将发现这种方法对神经科学的本科研究很有价值。

9451027 Chao Psychology and other disciplines have faced criticism and sometimes illegal activities directed at their use of vertebrate animals in research. Reactions often involve new and more restrictive guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals. Also, the implementation of these guidelines and the increased measures necessary to guard against vandalism require substantial expenditures of scarce funds. This project therefore supports an introductory undergraduate physiological psychology laboratory which uses simple invertebrate preparations and psychophysiological experiments. Basic computer equipment and accessories are used. Demonstrations illustrate a variety of neurophysiological phenomena, and undergraduates learn different electrophysiological and psychophysiological techniques. Given the continued controversy over the use of vertebrate animals in teaching and research, it is also expected that many departments of psychology and biology will find this approach to the undergraduate study of neuroscience valuable.