For anyone interested in physiological measurement on the main campus (ie. researchers who do not have access to such equipment at Westmead etc.), the School has two Thought Technology Ltd. acquisition units (and sensors). The provided PC software records the physiological data from the acquisition units (via USB) and also has options for the presentation of biofeedback programs.

Equipment we hold:

The equipment we own is held in the Test Library and includes:

1 x Procomp infiniti 8 channel acquisition unit
1 x Procomp 2 channel acquisition unit (with built-in EEG sensor)
2 x Galvanic Skin Response (Skin Conductance) sensors
2 x Blood Volume Pulse (Heart Rate) sensors
2 x MyoScan-Pro EMG sensors
1 x Voltage Isolator (allows for construction of your own electrical input, for eg. synchronisation of data with a PIO PC-card)

We need to ensure appropriate and safe use of this equipment in order to protect both clients/subjects and the equipment itself from harm. Consequently, please speak to Martin Daly regarding training in the use of this equipment and software, especially if you are new to physiological measurement. For further information on any of the equipment, please refer to the Thought Technology Ltd. web-site.

Additional sensors:

There are a variety of other sensors available from Thought Technology, including skin temperature, respiration, EKG, etc. If you are considering using such measurements in your research, or wish to run multiple sensors at the same time (eg. running multiple subjects concurrently), and have funding, talk to Martin Daly about the possibility of purchasing additional sensors. We would hope you might then donate any additional sensors you purchase to our physiological equipment collection, so as to increase the range and flexibility of the main campus's physiological measurement capability.