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What is Researcher Bias? (And How to Defeat it)
Researcher bias is what emerges from these errors – when scientists, intentionally or unintentionally, mislead the research they carry out.
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The International Affective Picture System [Explained and Alternatives]
The collection of 700 pictures was over ten years in the making. Image number 420: “woman at beach”. Image number 701: “basket”. Image number 310: “a burn victim”. The list goes on. Despite how it sounds, these aren’t the photographs from a journalistic art project, but material for psychological research.
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Product Development [Advanced Methods]
We will go through the process of product development and set out how it can be done to get the most informative results possible.
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What is Neuropsychology?
About 3500 years ago, an Egyptian physician marked down with a reed pen a list of ailments on papyrus, and gave a diagnostic opinion for each.
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What is Bias? [A Field Guide for Scientific Research]
Without a properly and rigorously designed experimental setup, errors can emerge in multiple ways. Not least among these are biases in research, that can have a broad impact, and without preparation, are difficult to stop. Such biasing factors can be produced entirely without intention, but can ultimately damage the reliability (and credibility) of research if it’s…
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The Future of Therapy – VR and Biosensors
VR is an emergent technology that has attracted fervent attention in recent years due to the increased affordability and accessibility of the hardware and software.
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Virtual Reality Rehabilitation – The Future of Physical Therapy
Today, telerehabilitation based on virtual reality is an area of active research. Therapists using VR-based telerehabilitation can prescribe exercise routines via the web which are then easily accessed and executed by patients from the comfort of their homes.
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Gaze-Contingency – How it Works and Why
We pay attention to the things that matter in our lives – things that are important, or relevant to us. What those things are, and why they matter, can vary a lot between people. These differences in our attention will go a long way to defining our interests and personality, which can ultimately give an…
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What is Fatigue Detection?
In 1965, a man by the name of Dr. Dement rented a convertible in California and drove a 17 year old boy around for a science experiment.
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Measuring the Power of Virtual Reality Immersion [A Case Study]
There is a rapidly increasing interest and use of VR, with new applications emerging at a similar rate. Whether it’s being used for gaming, education, psychological treatment, or medical training, the immersion offered by the device has been critical to its success. Each new field of use is finding that a portable and immersive experience…