‘Tis the Season for Stress: Research Tools for Anxious Times
Holiday-related stress is as much of a seasonal tradition as family gatherings, frantic shopping forays, and over-indulgence in food and drink. Add to this potent mixture nearly two years of pandemic-induced tension and we have a volatile cocktail of emotions and...
The Right Tools: Streamlining Stimulus Presentation
Our nervous system processes information from a dizzying array of stimuli—visual, auditory, thermal, olfactory, and tactile, among others. How organisms respond to stimuli provides researchers with a wealth of information on how they adapt, learn, and live. The...
Synchronize Participant Video with Physiological Data
AcqKnowledge software includes a Media feature that allows you to record and link participant video with physiological data. A common issue that crops up when analyzing physiological data with linked participant video is a lack of synchronization between the resulting...
Understanding Stimulation Hardware
Physiology studies often involve the recording of responses from subjects who are reacting to a particular sensory input being presented, otherwise known as stimulation. The presented stimuli can take several forms, and are tightly controlled in lab environments for...
Holiday Happiness: Gratitude or Gifts?
Studies investigated the anxiety of gift-giving, the effects of social support in stressful situations, and what impact meditation has on heart rate, ECG, and blood pressure.
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