Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Archival Research01:40

Archival Research

16.0K
Some researchers gain access to large amounts of data without interacting with a single research participant. Instead, they use existing records to answer various research questions. This type of research approach is known as archival research. Archival research relies on looking at past records or data sets to look for interesting patterns or relationships. For example, a researcher might access the academic records of all individuals who enrolled in college within the past ten years and...
16.0K
Longitudinal Research02:20

Longitudinal Research

12.0K
Sometimes we want to see how people change over time, as in studies of human development and lifespan. When we test the same group of individuals repeatedly over an extended period of time, we are conducting longitudinal research. Longitudinal research is a research design in which data-gathering is administered repeatedly over an extended period of time. For example, we may survey a group of individuals about their dietary habits at age 20, retest them a decade later at age 30, and then again...
12.0K
Ethics in Research01:56

Ethics in Research

23.0K
Today, scientists agree that good research is ethical in nature and is guided by a basic respect for human dignity and safety. However, this has not always been the case. Modern researchers must demonstrate that the research they perform is ethically sound.
23.0K
Naturalistic Observations02:30

Naturalistic Observations

15.5K
If you want to understand how behavior occurs, one of the best ways to gain information is to simply observe the behavior in its natural context. However, people might change their behavior in unexpected ways if they know they are being observed. How do researchers obtain accurate information when people tend to hide their natural behavior? As an example, imagine that your professor asks everyone in your class to raise their hand if they always wash their hands after using the restroom. Chances...
15.5K
Surveys02:16

Surveys

14.8K
Often, psychologists develop surveys as a means of gathering data. Surveys are lists of questions to be answered by research participants, and can be delivered as paper-and-pencil questionnaires, administered electronically, or conducted verbally. Generally, the survey itself can be completed in a short time, and the ease of administering a survey makes it easy to collect data from a large number of people.
14.8K
Longitudinal Studies01:26

Longitudinal Studies

171
Longitudinal studies are also widely used in other medical and social science fields. For instance, in cardiovascular research, they can monitor patients' health over decades to identify risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol or smoking, and evaluate the long-term effectiveness of preventive measures. Similarly, in mental health studies, researchers might follow individuals from adolescence into adulthood to understand the development and progression of conditions like...
171

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Editorial: Synthesizing memory: integrating across fields and levels of scale.

Frontiers in cognition·2026
Same author

The Memory section mission.

Frontiers in cognition·2026
Same author

Individual differences in susceptibility to color induced visual discomfort.

Vision research·2026
Same author

Perturbed sensory memory associated with schizotypy symptom load.

Schizophrenia research·2025
Same author

Older adults are impaired by distractors presented during working memory encoding.

Psychological research·2025
Same author

Smooth Pursuit Velocity After a Season of Repetitive Head Impacts in American Football Players.

JAMA ophthalmology·2025
Same journal

Emulating the periodic table: A unified list of CNS terms and abbreviations for humans and experimental animals.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

From chromatin dynamics to brain disease: Polycomb-Trithorax mechanisms in neurodevelopment.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

Striatum regulates the cortex via the basal forebrain cholinergic system: A role for substance P.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

A large brain adds new types of neurons: Molecular and functional signatures of spindle neurons in the human neocortex.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

Exercise as a regulator of glymphatic function.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
Same journal

The neural basis of laughter.

Trends in neurosciences·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jul 11, 2025

A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
14:43

A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting

Published on: January 12, 2018

11.9K

Capturing postpandemic changes in research participants.

Marian E Berryhill1

  • 1Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Program in Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA.

Trends in Neurosciences
|November 12, 2023
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

The COVID-19 pandemic may have subtle, indirect effects beyond physical and mental health. Researchers studying human behavior should consider these difficult-to-measure outcomes when comparing pre- and post-pandemic data.

Keywords:
COVID-19SARS-CoV-2attentioncognitionexecutive functionworking memory

More Related Videos

The Participant-Reported Implementation Update and Score PRIUS: A Novel Method for Capturing Implementation-Related Data Over Time
06:05

The Participant-Reported Implementation Update and Score PRIUS: A Novel Method for Capturing Implementation-Related Data Over Time

Published on: February 19, 2021

1.3K
Integrating Computerized Linguistic and Social Network Analyses to Capture Addiction Recovery Capital in an Online Community
08:53

Integrating Computerized Linguistic and Social Network Analyses to Capture Addiction Recovery Capital in an Online Community

Published on: May 31, 2019

5.2K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jul 11, 2025

A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
14:43

A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting

Published on: January 12, 2018

11.9K
The Participant-Reported Implementation Update and Score PRIUS: A Novel Method for Capturing Implementation-Related Data Over Time
06:05

The Participant-Reported Implementation Update and Score PRIUS: A Novel Method for Capturing Implementation-Related Data Over Time

Published on: February 19, 2021

1.3K
Integrating Computerized Linguistic and Social Network Analyses to Capture Addiction Recovery Capital in an Online Community
08:53

Integrating Computerized Linguistic and Social Network Analyses to Capture Addiction Recovery Capital in an Online Community

Published on: May 31, 2019

5.2K

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted global physical and mental health.
  • Beyond direct health consequences, indirect effects of the pandemic on human behavior warrant investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the need for considering difficult-to-capture, indirect outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • To encourage researchers to collect additional data when assessing behavioral changes in human participants.
  • To initiate a discussion on pandemic-related behavioral shifts relevant to human participant research.

Main Methods:

  • This article is a conceptual piece, not presenting empirical data.
  • It calls for a reevaluation of data collection strategies in light of the pandemic's broad influence.
  • Suggests incorporating broader measures to capture subtle behavioral changes.

Main Results:

  • The pandemic's influence extends beyond direct health impacts, affecting behavior in ways that are challenging to quantify.
  • Existing research methodologies may not fully capture these indirect behavioral consequences.
  • There is a need for enhanced data collection protocols.

Conclusions:

  • Researchers studying human participants should acknowledge and plan for indirect pandemic-related behavioral effects.
  • Collecting additional measures is crucial for accurately assessing pre- versus post-pandemic behavioral patterns.
  • Further dialogue is needed to refine methods for capturing these subtle outcomes.