The coding scheme or ethogram determines what data you collect and is, thus, an essential part of your behavioral study.
Besides the study of the relation between humans and popular pets such as cats and dogs, human-horse interaction is an increasingly popular subject of science.
Museums, zoos, theme parks, and aquariums all observe the behavior of their visitors in order to find the best ways to entertain and educate.
More and more, scientists across a wide spectrum of research backgrounds are recognizing the relevance of psychophysiological methods.
Controlled conditions and accurate data recording are key in scientific success and a stationary lab provides these controlled conditions while allowing scientists to observe test participants unobtrusively.
Classroom behavior is often difficult to follow as researchers simply don’t have enough eyes and ears to catch everything that happens.
For those who aren’t familiar with Elmo, let’s meet him! Elmo is a Muppet character on the children’s television show Sesame Street.
Wouldn’t every researcher want to automate certain measurements and save valuable time? In the 1800s, the study of eye movements for instance was done by means of direct observations!
A few years ago it might have seemed quite futuristic, but nowadays researchers are more and more developing and building living labs and smart homes.
A trunk-to-mouth greeting ritual. Yes. We are talking about elephants here.