Learning to see: How do social scientists learn to interpret fMRI?

该项目的目的是了解一系列社会科学家，从新手到专家级，如何解释功能磁共振图像。为了更深入地了解人们如何学习掌握阅读这些复杂视觉所需的技能，这项研究将包括对高等教育机构神经科学模块教学中使用的文本进行分析；采访正在使用包括功能磁共振教学和学习的模块的学生和讲师；以及在线实验，包括在该领域的专家解释FMRI时的眼睛跟踪和协议分析。这项研究的结果将被用来为开发一套新的工具来进行功能磁共振成像解释的教学，并为这一领域的教学最佳实践提出建议。该项目由学习科学研究所的Shaaron Ainsworth和心理学的Peter Chapman监督，并与行业赞助商Ilixa Ltd.合作。

The aim of the project is to learn how a range of social scientist, from novice through to experts level, interpret fMRI images. To gain deeper understanding of how people learn to master the skills required to read these complex visuals, the research will include analysis of the texts used in teaching neuroscience modules in Higher Education institutes; interviews with students and lecturers who are working with modules which include fMRI teaching and learning; and online experiments including eye tracking and protocol analysis with experts in the field as they interpret FMRI.The findings from this research will be used to inform the development of a suite of new tools for teaching on fMRI interpretation, as well as making recommendations for best practice for teaching in this area.The project is supervised by Shaaron Ainsworth in the Learning Sciences Research Institute, Peter Chapman in Psychology and is in collaboration with industry sponsor Ilixa Ltd.