LIFE Creating New Psychophysiology Lab at UW
Byron Reeves, a LIFE Strand Leader in Implicit Learning, conducts laboratory experiments on how people respond to media (see picture). He uses physiological measures of heart rate and skin conductance to understand the relationship between arousal and learning. Due to the interdisciplinary focus of LIFE research, a similar data collection space is now being set up in the College of Education at the University of Washington.
Tiffany Lee, a graduate student researcher in the Everyday Science & Technology Group, has been learning about this research approach and working with John Bransford (LIFE PI) and Nancy Vye (LIFE Strand Leader in Formal Learning) on the use of the equipment in LIFE research studies. New developments in sensor technologies have significantly reduced the cost of this kind of research. The new lab is being set up with the Infiniti ProComp System, which is also being used by Reeves. The initial LIFE research using this new lab will focus on the relationship between people knowledge and learners’ physiological responses.
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