Only the Lonely: The Human Impact of Social Isolation
Humans by their nature are social creatures. A sense of community, daily interactions, and shared experiences are tied to our overall mental and physical well-being. Few events in modern history have shut down such interactions more thoroughly than the outbreak of...
Facing Fear: Measuring What Scares Us
In many countries, October ushers in the season of ghosts, goblins, and all manner of frightening things that inhabit our deepest fears. While the popularity of Halloween reflects the thrills many derive from a good scare, facing one’s fears is not always fun and...
4T|Phys 2023: BIOPAC Shares Tools, Trends, Techniques & Technology at UCSB
They hailed from across the globe, from Arkansas to Zanzibar and all points between. Students, teachers, researchers, and innovators gathered on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. They came to learn, share, and explore breakthroughs and...
Effort Rewarded: Tools for Measuring Motivation
A job well done may be its own reward, but the mechanisms that drive humans to produce better results are far more complex. Much research has been devoted to the study of motivation and the psychophysiological processes that drive our behavior in pursuit of a goal,...
Eye-Catching: Mobile Tech Enhances Immersive Experiments
Freed from the limitations of stationary eye tracking technology, mobile eye tracking enables researchers to study their subjects while they perform a wide range of immersive tasks in natural settings.
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