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What are the advantages of human research?
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- Can follow instructions
• Can report subjective experiences • Can be less expensive • Findings can sometimes be more directly applied to human diseases/conditions |
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What are the disadvantages of human research?
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• Overall, just harder
– Administratively (Institutional review boards etc.) – Limited in what biological pathways can be measured – Reduced capacity for determining cause and effect – Can sometimes be very expensive (MRI) |
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What are the advantages of animal research?
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1) Certain behaviors are expressed in a wide variety of species
2) Simplest system with qualities of interest 3) More economical to develop methods on animals that may be useful for humans 4) Ethical considerations; some manipulations are not permissible in humans |
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What are the disadvantages of animal research
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1) Enormous species differences
(behaviors may represent adaptations to very specific environments) 2) Harder to train (animals usually won’t follow directions) 3) Ethical considerations |
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What are the levels of analysis?
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When performing studies, need to decide what will be measured.
-No one analysis is best -The levels are -Social Level -Organ Level -Neural systems Level -Brain region level -Circuit region level -Cellular level -Synaptic level -Molecular level |
