Stationary assessment
Our lab consists of different psychophysiological measurement labs (including examination and control rooms, sleep laboratory setup).
The following psychophysiological functions can be measured in our lab:
- Electroencephalography (EEG) using TMSi Refa 72-channel, 4 x TMSi Porti 32-channel, 64-channel dense array EEG
- Electrocardiography (ECG)
- Electrodermal activity (EDA)
- Impedance cardiography (ICG)
- Respiration (thorax and abdomen)
- Facial electromyography (EMG, 3 channels)
- Electrooculography (EOG)
- Sleep EEG (up to 16 channels)
- Polysomnography
- Pulseplethysmography
- Finger temperature
- Accelerometry (up to 2 3D-accelerometry sensors)
- pCO2
- Blood pressure (Finapres 2300 and inflatable cuff)
Special recording techniques
- Eye-Tracker
- Rating dial
- Digital recording of psychophysiological reactions (Polybench)
- Reaction times
- Digital recording of behavior (incl. emotional facial reactions) using video cameras
- Saliva samples to collect neuroendocrinological stress markers and the level of sex hormones
- Mobile recording stations for usse in external lab settings involving patients in clinics
- Functional magnetic resonance tomography (fMRT) in a scanner at the Centre of Neurocognitive Research (CNCR)
Special techniques for presenting stimuli
- Films, pictures, and sounds eliciting stress and emotions
- Confrontation therapy in a 3D virtual reality setup
- Eye-blink startle
- Classical conditioning
- Biofeedback
- Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)
- Olfactometry
- Programming of stimuli presentation using of E-Prime
- Peripheral electrical stimulation
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Neuroendocrine stimulation (in particular cortisol und oxytocin)
Analysis methods
- ANSLAB (an integrated software package for the analysis of psychophysiological data which is developed in our lab)
- Heart rate variability
- Brain Vision Analyzer
- SPSS
- MPlus
- MATLAB
- Language Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC)
For more information on our lab please visit the homepage of the federal ministry of science, research and economy.
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