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

心理学和物理学专业的学生需要探究性的经验，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好准备。爱达荷州西北拿撒勒学院（Northwest Nazarene College）的学生在一个本科生实验室中使用了电生理记录设备，成功地培养了学生的动手学习和师生研究。这个项目正在改造这个实验室，为卡尔文学院心理和物理系的学生创建一个联合使用的电生理记录实验室。本实验室采用Grass Instruments生产的Neurodata Model 15放大器，用于记录脑电图（EEG）数据和事件相关电位（ERP）。我们正在修订和扩展实验课程，超越心理生理学的初步适应，包括认知和动机心理学的本科生研究。该实验室还被用于研究生理产生的电位的物理特性。电生理记录已成为许多医疗，人类服务和研究设置的基本要素。物理学和生物学的学生通过健康科学的物理学学习进入实验室。学生将继续在高级研究课程中使用实验室，并通过学生与教师的研究项目。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、学生研究报告和师生出版物。

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.