Archive for 2017
Team Robot
As technology improves and increases the likelihood of teams with humans and (semi-)autonomous artificial agents (e.g., virtual or robotic agents), studying potential agent capabilities becomes increasingly meaningful. Studies on organizational science…
Mobita Wireless EEG Takes a Glimpse Into the Future-Monitoring Prestimulus EEG Data
New studies examining physiological causality and electroencephalographic (EEG) correlations have provided insight on how the wearable and wireless Mobita Amplifier from BIOPAC is making an impact. A research team at the University of California, Santa…
MEAP and its Implications for Cardiovascular Research
Ensemble analysis averages raw waveform signals through lining up their peaks, allowing researchers to mitigate noise or potential outside artifacts. Researchers Cieslak et al. (2017) from University of California, Santa Barbara, identified and assessed…
Wireless | Personality Indicators for Flow State Susceptibility
Flow is described as almost complete immersion in a task or activity. Previous studies have identified that this intensive involvement leads to lower feelings of self consciousness, allowing concentration on a task to become effortless. Researchers Tain…
Wireless | Testing VO2 Max
Cardiovascular tests during a self-paced maximal exercise protocol (SPV) continually scored high ratings of VO2 max when compared to more traditional procedures. Jenkins et. al sought to understand the underlying causes of this increase in VO2 max…
Wearable | Pitch Perfect Analysis
Pitch determines the level of influence on listener perception, physiological arousal, attention, and memory, according to new research published in Human Communication Research (June 2017). Professors at the Communication Department and Department of…
Facial EMG for Advertising Research
Facial electromyography (FEMG) was compared to the more commonly used EMG in an experimental context to indentify if there is a more accurate approach that can be taken by neurological researchers in the field of advertising. Authors Lajante et al.…
Wireless │Monitoring and Comparing Speech Rate Processing
Many factors remain unknown on how infants acquire language and speech information in their formative years. In a study, researchers Leong et al., addressed the question of what “neural mechanism” infants use when first being introduced to language…
Wireless │ Children’s Behavioral Inhibition
Behavioral inhibition (BI) has proven to be a fundamental risk factor in childhood anxiety psychopathology, arguably the most crucial factor in the development of anxiety. BI is defined as the increased arousal in response to novel stimuli, shyness,…
Wireless │ Neural Effects of Verbal & Nonverbal Communication
In a first-ever study to examine adult-infant neural coupling and characterize its causal architecture, mutual direct gaze was seen to increase adult-infant neural coupling during social communication. Learning requires an individual’s full attention…
Wearable | Stress Detection Using Wearable Physiological & Sociometirc Sensors
Stress has negative effects on the health of the body and the health of economies. When a person is feeling stress, the body releases certain chemicals that lower the immune system, increasing the likelihood that illnesses will form in the body.…
Wireless | Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children
Cardiovascular risk factors (obesity, metabolism, hypertension, etc.) can significantly impact a person’s lifespan. While obesity rates are currently stagnant, they still remain very high. Cardiovascular risk factors have thus become the focus of…