• Question: what electronic equipment do you use to help with your jobs

    Asked by anon-189078 to Rachel, Petrina, Michael, Jason, Emma on 9 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Rachel Sharman

      Rachel Sharman answered on 9 Nov 2018:


      Hi,

      I use lots of different equipment depending on what I am studying.

      Sometimes I look at how sleep impacts emotion and cognition (how we think) so I use a computer with lots of different tests on it. The keyboard is designed specifically for the tests so has buttons like yes/no, numbers, and then emotions like fear or happy (a test shows participants faces and they have to guess the mood, this is because perception of others mood is affected by sleep).

      I use something called eye trackers with are glasses with cameras and I can see where someone is looking or how sleepy they are during a test (eye-lids shut slowly).

      I get participants to wear activity trackers for up to 6 months to measure their activity and sleep.

      I measure brain activity using something called Electroencephalography (EEG). We glue small sensors to the persons scalp and on their face. This is then used to measure sleep. There is a picture of this in my bio if you want to have a look, under my work!

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