Monthly Archives: April 2015

Active Learning Techniques with Biopac Student Lab—Featured Article

Dr. Renata Fortuna Ramos at Rice University took an inventive step to try to increase student engagement within her Systems Physiology Laboratory Module (BIOE 320) course. Her paper entitled “Introduction of Active Learning Techniques Increases Student Learning in a Systems Physiology Laboratory Course” details her steps to implementing student-led active learning. The class, which requires […]

Bed Rest, Stress, and Neuromuscular Fatigue: New BIOPAC Citations

New publications have been released featuring BIOPAC research solutions. As always, these studies and more can be found over at our publications page. These brand new publications include: Effects of Head-Down Bed Rest on Brain Physiology and Working Memory: Researcher's used bed rest (specifically in head-down position) to simulate the effects that the prolonged weightlessness […]

Heart Failure, Motor Skills and Muscular Dystrophy—New Citations

New publications have been released featuring BIOPAC research solutions. As always, these studies and more can be found over at our publications page. These brand new publications include: Training Adaptations and Muscle Oxidative Capacity in Heart Failure: Researchers tested the widely held belief that exercise intolerance and skeletal muscle dysfunction us associated with Systolic Heart […]