The spaces
The Neurosience Laboratories are located on the -1 floor of the Mercè Rodoreda building 24 on UPF's Ciutadella Campus (how to get there). They are distributed in 15 rooms of different sizes, a reception area and a small workshop that together occupy about 120m2:
All the rooms have a control area where the researcher accompanies the participant at all times and, depending on the room’s characteristics, are used for different types of studies:
- Rooms A, B, C and D, which have electromagnetic isolation (Faraday cage), are mainly used for electroencephalographic recordings.
- Rooms O, N, M and L, larger rooms, are used for studies with children and babies.
- The rest of the rooms are used for behavioral studies with adults.
All rooms have:
- Acoustic insulation of about 55dB.
- Rubber flooring that favors noise damping.
- Air conditioning independent from the rest of the building which we control and is installed to minimize the background noise.
- Adjustable LED lighting, and
- Isolated communication network that allows communication between machines without external influence.
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