FIU Neural Basis of Emotional Pain and Its Physical Pain Worksheet
Research topic: Contributions of neuroscience to the subject of emotional pain
Possible questions: Why does emotional pain affect us more than physical pain even though the parts of the brain are very similar? Are emotional responses to pain influenced by neuronal activation? Are emotions and pain related? Are there any treatment advantages in treating emotional pain?
Type of research: a comparative study using a resonance imaging (fMRI) machine to scan the brains of emotionally heart broken participants after a break up.
Please fill in the blanks from square using the research topic provided
1. Large, general science topic
2. Your more specific interest within this topic
3. What do we not know about your specific interest? (What remains unknown? What are the gaps in our knowledge?)
4. What is a research question that would address this unknown?
5. What is your hypothesis?
6. What data will you need to test your hypothesis?
7. What type of study is this?
8. What are your variable(s)? (e.g. independent, dependent, control)
9. How specifically will you collect this data?