Health, both mental and physical, forms an integral part of the BMS faculty and BMS lab lab related studies. It is most strongly associated with the field of psychology and focuses mostly on the areas of health promotion, exposure therapy, physiology, qualitative research and longitudinal studies. Studies and their goals vary greatly and may concern themselves with the long term effects of psychological interventions, new methods of treating disorders or interviews about loneliness with the elderly. Within these studies it is common to use recording equipment, physiological measurements, like heart rate and blood pressure and EEG recordings.
Experience Sampling Method
Experience Sampling Method or ESM, is a methodology within the area of longitudinal studies that focuses on repeated and often long-term measurements. It allows researchers…
Interviews
Interviews form an integral part of the social sciences and health studies in particular. They allow the researcher to get a more in-depth view of…
Ambulant physiological measurement
Physiological measurements form an important tool within the social sciences and offer the opportunity for more direct and objective measurements. Equipment is however often bulky…
Immersive Exposure Studies
Immersion therapy is a area of research within the health domain that has a long history. Confronting someone with their fear in a controlled manner…
Online intervention
The internet has opened up a large part of the world’s population to incredible amounts of information, while allowing content itself to be consumed by…
Cohort studies
The cohort study forms an important methodology within the area of health promotion. When a change over time needs to be identified (without intervention) in…
Longitudinal studies
Health effects can often be small or hard to measure. Longitudinal studies have been an important tool and area of study for researchers within the…
Qualitative research
An important tool within the domain of health studies is the use of qualitative research. Health related studies often face the challenge of either having…
Physiology
The area of physiology falls within the domain of health studies and focuses on the objective measurement of signals from the body. Studies within this…
Exposure therapy
Within the health domain, sits the area of exposure therapy. This is a form of cognitive psychology in which controlled exposure to, for example, the…
Health promotion
The study of medicine and health has allowed civilizations around the world to live longer and better lives. To thrive. Developments in the last decades…
Usability studies
Usability studies are a fairly common part of the area of neuromarketing and the domain of marketing. They often involve a website or app and…