Title : The gender dimension in Conceptual Modeling and Visualization of Brain Activity during Learning Processes



Project Lead : Trk goston From : Doctoral School of Psychology, Etvs Lornd University; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, RCNS HAS, Research Group for Developmental Psychophysiology (None)

Dates : from 2014-05-26 12:02:42 to 2015-02-11 13:19:37

Description :

Motivation and objectives :
All real-time measures of human behavior aiming for ecological validity should take into account gender differences. This holds true for both biological and technical fields especially engineering. Gender dimension is a new approach that refers to integrating sex and gender analysis into research. The term was developed within the European Commission when launching the Gendered Innovations project that offers methods of sex and gender analysis (http://genderedinnovations.stanford.edu/methods-sex-and-gender-analysis.html). The gender aspect of science education is robust enough, though ignored to some extent, to be taken into account when studying learning processes combining various models and measures with a future aim of gendered innovation.

Teams :
The Research Group of Neurocognitve Development (before April 1, 2014 as Developmental Psychophysiology) is one of the two funding group of the new Brain Imaging Centre of the MTA RCNS. The group focuses on the behavioral correlates of cognitive processes (speech, music, reading, attention, spatial cognition). A new fMRI laboratory will be established by the end of 2014. The group, participated/participating in international projects and scientific networks, has its expertise in behavioral and brain measures.

Dates :
starting date : 30 September, 2014
ending date : 07 October, 2014

Facilities descriptions :
http://visionair-browser.g-scop.grenoble-inp.fr/visionair/Browser/Catalogs/ECVL.IL.html

Recordings & Results :
Four working days were used for Conceptual Modeling of Human Navigation performed by Professor Dov Dori as well by his and Professor Judith Doris research teams by using OPM (Object-Process Methodology). Our team together made use of the expertise of two teams on OPM and of my knowledge on the state of the art research and expertise in studying spatial cognition with behavioral and neuroscientific methods. In four working days we created two versions of a general model of human navigation (first three days) and included the gender dimension in the third version (last working day). We run the conceptual simulation for validation and verification (last working day). The testing phase will include a new set of knowledge derived from behavioral and brain data recorded in subjects of both gender in the NeuroCogSpace Lab (NCSL) in Budapest providing further details for developing an evidence-based Gender Dimension Human Navigation Model (GDHNM). The outcomes of the project have both theoretical and practical implications; they will highlight controversies in brain research on human navigation and provide a relevant contribution to develop gender-specific learning methods to help improving STEM education.

Conclusions :
The visit gave me the opportunity to discuss the approaches and methods of Conceptual Modeling with Professor Dov Dori and Judith Dori, to learn more about the ESML, as well about the application of OPM for complex biological systems provided by and discussed with Professor Judith Somekh.







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