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Research Design and Methods

Research Design

A learning goals checklist for you to keep in mind as you move through this section.

This NOBA chapter examines how to think like a scientist.

This NOBA chapter focuses on research designs.

Hear from Bill Nye about horoscopes. 

This NOBA chapter focuses on challenges with the failure to replicate research findings. 

Research Methods

A learning goals checklist for you to keep in mind as you move through this section.

This 2-minute feature gives a basic overview of EEG. 

This video provides a visual representation of the process for the Morris Water Maze.

Check out this explanation of the steps to conduct the behavioral assay called "conditioned place preference."

This NOBA chapter focuses on methods. Although we cannot cover all methods, this is a very nice overview of some of the key methods for psychophysiology and neuroscience research.

This 2-minute feature gives a basic overview of neuroimaging. 

See an example of a rat in an Operant "Skinner box."

This 2-minute feature gives a basic overview of fMRI. 

This Foundations of Neuroscience chapter examines how to use voltage clamp technology to understand ion movement. 

This is an instructional video demonstration about stereotaxic surgery.,

Additional Content

This NOBA chapter highlights various research methods through the lens of Social Psychology research.

This NOBA chapter examines how to make inferences from data.

Read the most popular research papers in neuroscience from the year 2019. 

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