So yesterday I took Cole to help out with a research project in the psychology department. *For any concerned individuals- he volunteered. I didn't force him into it.
They put this crazy cap on him so they could measure his brain activity while he was watching something on a computer.
Is that hat awesome or what? It looks like he has a giant electronic squid sitting on top of his head. It even left little red dots on his skin when they took it off like he had suckers stuck to him.
It was lots of fun for me to watch and Cole did a great job. It's always hard to know how well kids will tolerate research experiments, so I was really impressed with how patient he was with the whole process. It took a while to get the cap on just right.
You may be wondering why I let my kids volunteer for research. The answer is simply this....I understand the hard work that goes into the whole academic process. Clay never did any type of experiments that utilized human subjects, but I kind of feel like we're paying back all of the help he got during his PhD program. Besides, it makes the kids feel like they're a part of something special and that alone makes it worthwhile.
Is that hat awesome or what? It looks like he has a giant electronic squid sitting on top of his head. It even left little red dots on his skin when they took it off like he had suckers stuck to him.
It was lots of fun for me to watch and Cole did a great job. It's always hard to know how well kids will tolerate research experiments, so I was really impressed with how patient he was with the whole process. It took a while to get the cap on just right.
You may be wondering why I let my kids volunteer for research. The answer is simply this....I understand the hard work that goes into the whole academic process. Clay never did any type of experiments that utilized human subjects, but I kind of feel like we're paying back all of the help he got during his PhD program. Besides, it makes the kids feel like they're a part of something special and that alone makes it worthwhile.
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