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Chapter 1 - Eye Tracking as a Tool for Examining Cognitive Processes
Tom Beesley, Daniel Pearson and Mike Le Pelley
Pages 1-30 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 2 - Brain Morphometry for Economists: How do Brain Volume Constraints Affect Our Choices?
Agnieszka Tymula
Pages 31-45 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 3 - fMRI in Economics: What Functional Imaging of the Brain Can Add to Behavioral Economics Experiments
Niree Kodaverdian
Pages 47-83 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 4 - Skin Conductance in the Study of Politics and Communication
Stuart N. Soroka
Pages 85-104 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 5 - Steroid Hormones in Social Science Research
Ben Hardy
Pages 105-148 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 6 - An Interoceptive Walk Down Wall Street
Anthony Newell and Lionel Page
Pages 149-165 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 7 - Mind, Body, Bubble! Psychological and Biophysical Dimensions of Behavior in Experimental Asset Markets
David John Butler and Stephen L. Cheung
Pages 167-196 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 8 - Opportunities and Challenges of Portable Biological, Social, and Behavioral Sensing Systems for the Social Sciences
Benno Torgler
Pages 197-224 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 9 - Can Social Scientists Use Molecular Genetic Data to Explain Individual Differences and Inform Public Policy?
Steven F. Lehrer and Weili Ding
Pages 225-265 - Book chapterAbstract only
Chapter 10 - Conclusion
Gigi Foster
Pages 267-277 - Book chapterNo access
Appendix 1 - Getting Started With Eye Tracking
Daniel Pearson, Mike Le Pelley and Tom Beesley
Pages 279-304 - Book chapterNo access
Appendix 2 - Using Heart Rate Variability Measures in Social Science Research
Jonas Fooken and Stacey L. Parker
Pages 305-325 - Book chapterNo access
Index
Pages 327-333
About the book
Description
Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research is an ideal primer for the experimental social scientist wishing to update their knowledge and skillset in the area of laboratory-based biophysical measurement. Many behavioral laboratories across the globe have acquired increasingly sophisticated biophysical measurement equipment, sometimes for particular research projects or for financial or institutional reasons. Yet the expertise required to use this technology and integrate the measures it can generate on human subjects into successful social science research endeavors is often scarce and concentrated amongst a small minority of researchers. This book aims to open the door to wider and more productive use of biophysical measurement in laboratory-based experimental social science research. Suitable for doctoral students through to established researchers, the volume presents examples of the successful integration of biophysical measures into analyses of human behavior, discussions of the academic and practical limitations of laboratory-based biophysical measurement, and hands-on guidance about how different biophysical measurement devices are used. A foreword and concluding chapters comprehensively synthesize and compare biophysical measurement options, address academic, ethical and practical matters, and address the broader historical and scientific context. Research chapters demonstrate the academic potential of biophysical measurement ranging fully across galvanic skin response, heart rate monitoring, eye tracking and direct neurological measurements. An extended Appendix showcases specific examples of device adoption in experimental social science lab settings.
Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research is an ideal primer for the experimental social scientist wishing to update their knowledge and skillset in the area of laboratory-based biophysical measurement. Many behavioral laboratories across the globe have acquired increasingly sophisticated biophysical measurement equipment, sometimes for particular research projects or for financial or institutional reasons. Yet the expertise required to use this technology and integrate the measures it can generate on human subjects into successful social science research endeavors is often scarce and concentrated amongst a small minority of researchers. This book aims to open the door to wider and more productive use of biophysical measurement in laboratory-based experimental social science research. Suitable for doctoral students through to established researchers, the volume presents examples of the successful integration of biophysical measures into analyses of human behavior, discussions of the academic and practical limitations of laboratory-based biophysical measurement, and hands-on guidance about how different biophysical measurement devices are used. A foreword and concluding chapters comprehensively synthesize and compare biophysical measurement options, address academic, ethical and practical matters, and address the broader historical and scientific context. Research chapters demonstrate the academic potential of biophysical measurement ranging fully across galvanic skin response, heart rate monitoring, eye tracking and direct neurological measurements. An extended Appendix showcases specific examples of device adoption in experimental social science lab settings.
Key Features
- Demonstrates the strengths and limitations of different tools, in terms of both research objectives and practicality
- Provides hands-on guidance for device usage and data integration and assessment
- Compares and contrasts the use of different biophysical data options for different research objectives and in different disciplines
- Demonstrates the strengths and limitations of different tools, in terms of both research objectives and practicality
- Provides hands-on guidance for device usage and data integration and assessment
- Compares and contrasts the use of different biophysical data options for different research objectives and in different disciplines
Details
ISBN
978-0-12-813092-6
Language
English
Published
2019
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Academic Press