Jul 28, 2016 | Life Science Data, neuroscience, physiology, psychology, psychophysiology, psychophysiology education, Teaching physiology, Teaching Psychophysiology
By Howard Iver Thorsheim, Ph.D., St. Olaf College. Information literacy skills projects help students discover that they know that they know how to find information, which increases their sense of competency, and is self-reinforcing.
Jul 8, 2016 | Life Science Data, neuroscience, physiology, psychology, psychophysiology, psychophysiology education, Teaching physiology, Teaching Psychophysiology
By Howard Iver Thorsheim, Ph.D., St. Olaf College. How to promote cooperative thinking of team members doing psychophysiology, draw from their richly diverse interests and ideas, and in the process teach a “soft” skill that could transfer to later life.
Jun 28, 2016 | Education, Electrodermal, Life Science Data, neuroscience, physiology, psychology, psychophysiology, psychophysiology education
By Howard Iver Thorsheim, Ph.D., St. Olaf College. I wanted to start the first day of my class with an activity that would engage students’ curiosity and enthusiasm, to set the stage for introducing the course and going over the syllabus!
Jun 21, 2016 | Education, Life Science Data, neuroscience, physiology, psychology, psychophysiology, psychophysiology education
By Howard Iver Thorsheim, Ph.D., St. Olaf College. Students think psychophysiology is cool…. It generates all kinds of buzz, interest, excitement, questions–even from other faculty and administrators–and psychophysiology appeals to many students in related disciplines,
Jun 10, 2016 | Education, Life Science Data, neuroscience, physiology, psychology, psychophysiology, psychophysiology education
By Howard Iver Thorsheim, Ph.D., St. Olaf College. Extensive research has repeatedly validated the value of cooperative learning. Yet, attempts to form cooperative learning groups too often failed to meet the expectations of both educators and students.
Jan 12, 2016 | Life Science Data, psychology, psychophysiology
By Alan Macy, BIOPAC Systems, Inc. The Circumplex Model of Affect was first described in 1980 by James Russell. Affective states arise from the behavior of two independent neurophysiological systems, the arousal and valence systems. Affective states are a function of...
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