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William Grisham¹, Natalie Schottler¹, Jorge Soto¹

¹Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563.

Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience

|February 7, 2024

概括

虚拟老鼠教学工具FraidyRat帮助学生探索恐惧调节和灭绝的神经基础. 这种基于计算机的模块显著提高了学生的内容知识和批判性思维技能.

科学领域:

神经科学教育的神经科学教育
计算神经科学是一种计算神经科学.
行为神经科学行为神经科学

背景情况:

了解恐惧调节和灭绝的神经机制在神经科学中至关重要.
传统的教学方法可能不能完全让学生参与复杂的神经过程.
虚拟现实工具为复杂的生物系统提供了创新的方法.

研究的目的:

介绍一个新的教学工具,FraidyRat,用于调查恐惧条件和灭绝的神经基础.
评估FraidyRat对学生内容知识和批判性思维技能的影响.
评估学生对使用FraidyRat作为学习模块的态度.

主要方法:

FraidyRat模拟了一个虚拟大脑的虚拟老鼠,允许学生进行虚拟实验.
学生利用虚拟管道追踪,药物输注,神经记录和电刺激.
该模块在三个星期的时间内采用了支架式教学和形成性评估.

主要成果:

学生在与恐惧调节和灭绝相关的内容知识方面取得了显著的进步.
在学生的批判性思维技能发展方面观察到积极的趋势.
态度调查问卷显示,学生对该模块的总体体验是积极的.

结论:

FraidyRat是神经科学教育的有效和可访问的教学工具.
该模块成功地模拟了恐惧条件和灭绝的神经机制,增强了学生的学习.
FraidyRat可以很容易地在具有基本计算机接入的教育机构中实施.

关键词:

电路神经生理学电路神经生理学远程学习远程学习灭绝和更新的灭绝和更新灭绝机制灭绝机制恐惧的条件化是恐惧的条件化.高等教育高等教育恐惧条件化的神经基础是恐惧条件.神经科学神经科学在线学习在线学习.远程学习远程学习虚拟神经科学工具虚拟神经科学工具

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