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Observing the Transformation of Bodily Self-consciousness in the Squeeze-machine Experiment
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2019
The squeeze machine, a V-shaped device that provides pressure along the whole body is used in therapy especially for people with autism. Here, we focus on its possible use in experiments to capture the typical transformations of bodily self-consciousness with peri-personal space measurement.
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Osmoregulation in Fishes
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2019
When cells are placed in a hypotonic (low-salt) fluid, they can swell and burst. Meanwhile, cells in a hypertonic solution—with a higher salt concentration—can shrivel and die. How do fish cells avoid these gruesome fates in hypotonic freshwater or hypertonic seawater environments? Fish employ osmoregulatory strategies to balance bodily levels of water and dissolved ions (i.e., solutes), such as sodium and chloride. Imagine two solutions separated by a membrane that is permeable to water.
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Manipulating an Independent Variable through Embodiment
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Gary Lewandowski, Dave Strohmetz, and Natalie Ciarocco—Monmouth University In any experiment, the researcher attempts to manipulate participants in one group to have different thoughts, experiences, or feelings than the other groups in the study. Some manipulations are overt, while others can be quite subtle. Embodiment is a growing research area focused on the theory that subtle physical experiences can unconsciously influence a person’s thoughts. For example if a...
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The Synapse
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2019
Neurons communicate with one another by passing on their electrical signals to other neurons. A synapse is the location where two neurons meet to exchange signals. At the synapse, the neuron that sends the signal is called the presynaptic cell, while the neuron that receives the message is called the postsynaptic cell. Note that most neurons can be both presynaptic and postsynaptic, as they both transmit and receive information. An electrical synapse is one type of synapse in which the pre-...
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Electrical Safety Precautions and Basic Equipment
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2023
Source: Ali Bazzi, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Electric machines and power electronics experiments involve electrical currents, voltages, power, and energy quantities that should be handled with extreme diligence and care. These may include three-phase AC voltage (208 V, 230 V, or 480 V), up to 250 V DC voltages, and currents that can reach 10 A. Electrocution occurs when an electrical path is established through the body with very low currents...
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Interoception helps the brain monitor internal bodily signals, allowing changing conditions to become relevant to psychological processing. Those signals can inform experiences linked to arousal, fatigue, pain, hunger, or relaxation, while ongoing feedback helps connect physiological change with emotion, attention, and behavior. This makes internal sensing a central pathway in psychology.
The autonomic nervous system and hormonal pathways regulate bodily responses and also relay information back to the brain. Their activity helps explain how a bodily condition can alter psychological experience rather than merely accompany it. Examining these pathways allows psychologists to connect physiological regulation with changes in emotion, attention, decision-making, and behavior.
Bodily states and mental states influence one another through a feedback relationship. Physiological changes can shape how a person feels, attends, or decides, while mental activity can alter bodily activity in return. This reciprocal pattern is important because it treats psychological experience as dynamically linked to regulation of the body, not as an isolated process.
Different conditions can emphasize different psychological consequences. Arousal may be considered alongside attention or emotion, whereas fatigue, pain, or hunger may be examined in relation to decision-making and behavior. Relaxation provides another contrasting bodily condition. Comparing these states helps psychology investigate how internal physiological variation relates to distinct patterns of experience and action.
Research on bodily states can examine links among internal signals, physiological regulation, and psychological outcomes. Relevant questions include how stress relates to emotion regulation, how bodily conditions affect health behavior, and how internal feedback contributes to social behavior. Organizing studies around these links keeps the investigation focused on relationships between bodily activity and psychological function.
The topic is especially relevant when researchers study disrupted perception or control of internal bodily signals. In that context, psychology can ask how altered sensing or regulation relates to emotion, attention, decision-making, or behavior. This perspective also connects bodily-state research with broader work on stress, emotion regulation, and health behavior.