Family Interaction Research Lab

The lab includes equipment to make video recordings of family interaction plus wireless portable devices that measure physiological arousal such as heart rate and galvanic skin response. Researchers: Dr. Nathan Wood. Past and ongoing research:
- Basic research on physiological arousal and electrical brain activity during couple interactions
-Influence of military deployment on physiological arousa

l and electrical brain activity during interactions in a sample of soldiers and their families
-Influence of mindfulness practice on marriage and family therapy process.
-Clinical Intuition
-Parent adolescent communication
-Electrical brain activity and video game playing
-Couples interaction when using computer-mediated communication and physiological arousal


Acknowledgements:
The lab was funded, in part, from support provided the College of Agriculture Associate Dean for Research and the Office of the UK Vice President for Research

Ongoing support is provided by the Katheryn Louise Chellgren Endowed Professorship and the School of Human Environmental Sciences.