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Measuring teaching through hormones and time series analysis: Towards a comparative framework1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Andrea Ravignani  and
Ruth Sonnweber
Andrea Ravignani
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. andrea.ravignani@gmail.com ruth-sophie.sonnweber@univie.ac.at http://homepage.univie.ac.at/andrea.ravignani https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruth_Sonnweber
Ruth Sonnweber
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. andrea.ravignani@gmail.com ruth-sophie.sonnweber@univie.ac.at http://homepage.univie.ac.at/andrea.ravignani https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruth_Sonnweber
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Abstract

Arguments about the nature of teaching have depended principally on naturalistic observation and some experimental work. Additional measurement tools, and physiological variations and manipulations can provide insights on the intrinsic structure and state of the participants better than verbal descriptions alone: namely, time-series analysis, and examination of the role of hormones and neuromodulators on the behaviors of teacher and pupil.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e58
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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Andrea Ravignani and Ruth Sonnweber contributed equally to this commentary as joint first authors.

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