Laboratory Experiment
I had the interesting experience of being a Laboratory Subject at Caltech briefly (3 hours).
I didn't get any superpowers out of the experiment, but did get enough pay to cover gas, burritos and incidental book buying.
It was for a study on autism -- needed data from people without a history of autism in family. A helmet tracked eye movements by laser as I identified emotions on increasingly messed up pictures. Early ones in series were merely as poor as if taken through fogged glass (with a few clear bits on eyes and mouth), xeroxed a few times, then kicked around the floor some. Later ones were distorted (Picassoed out with face parts spread around).
Post-test questions included which had and foot I used for writing, catching, kicking,
http://www.emotion.caltech.edu/autism/research.html
How do we recognize emotion from facial expressions?
How do we make social judgments about other people?
How do we move our eyes when looking at people's face?
How do we move our eyes when talking with someone?
How do we recognize people's intentions when they interact with each other?
How do we recognize people's emotions when they interact with each other?
What brain areas are involved when people see and feel a caress?
What brain areas are connected when we pay attention to visual and auditory social stimuli?
What brain areas are connected when we imagine people and when we look at their faces?
I didn't get any superpowers out of the experiment, but did get enough pay to cover gas, burritos and incidental book buying.
It was for a study on autism -- needed data from people without a history of autism in family. A helmet tracked eye movements by laser as I identified emotions on increasingly messed up pictures. Early ones in series were merely as poor as if taken through fogged glass (with a few clear bits on eyes and mouth), xeroxed a few times, then kicked around the floor some. Later ones were distorted (Picassoed out with face parts spread around).
Post-test questions included which had and foot I used for writing, catching, kicking,
http://www.emotion.caltech.edu/autism/research.html
How do we recognize emotion from facial expressions?
How do we make social judgments about other people?
How do we move our eyes when looking at people's face?
How do we move our eyes when talking with someone?
How do we recognize people's intentions when they interact with each other?
How do we recognize people's emotions when they interact with each other?
What brain areas are involved when people see and feel a caress?
What brain areas are connected when we pay attention to visual and auditory social stimuli?
What brain areas are connected when we imagine people and when we look at their faces?