We investigated how postural responses to galvanic vestibular stimulation were affected by standing on a translating support surface and by somatosensory loss due to diabetic neuropathy. We tested the hypothesis that an unstable surface and somatosensory loss can result in an increase of vestibulospinal sensitivity. Bipolar galvanic vestibular stimulation was applied to subjects who were standi...

This paper outlines the development and hardware software integration of an instrumental setup designed towards the real-time assessment of the affective status of a computer user. This assessment is based on the measurement and digital signal analysis of three physiological variables that reflect dynamic changes of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS): Blood Volume Pulse (BVP) measured with an i...

A statistic is introduced that relates discoveries made in genome-wide association (GWA) studies to patterns of disease risks among relatives. The genotype-specific recurrence risk (GSR) is the genotype-specific risk to relatives of known relationship to affected probands. The GSRs can be used for three purposes. (1) They can provide an independent test of whether an allele identified in a GWA ...

Providing attractive and interesting e-learning course materials as well as delivering normal lectures in class are important issues in an e-learning society. Knowing about this issue, first, it is essential to investigate student interest about topics and types of elearning courses delivered by measuring the students‘ responses. Thus, this study engages in evaluation of students‘ responses ini...

A behavioral and physiological technique has been developed for study of complex group interactions in a simplified laboratory setting. An experimental 3-person "guessing game" was devised in order to bring group behavior under manipulation by reinforcement techniques. Nine men and 15 women participated in one individual and five group situations. The number of initiations made by each subject ...