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By Stacia Hernstrom MLA ’05
What’s in a Wall? Students in doyle have more than the new coffee bar to keep them alert — outside the classrooms is a bright red textured wall featuring interlocking circles made with a digitally automated milling machine. a hallmark of Specht harpman designs, the “feature wall” mimics the original concrete block screen wall in doyle’s stairwell. photoS by jeSSica attie ’04
Psyched Doyle Hall’s new psychology labs, which replace existing labs in Holy Cross Hall, includes these features: ■ A lab for physiological experiments and the gathering of biofeedback data, like temperature and heart rate ■ Observation rooms that can be arranged for children, adolescents, families or clinical sessions ■ Viewing rooms with one-way glass and audiovisual technology to record and observe group experiments ■ Student and faculty computer labs for data collection and review, as well as research and teaching “The biggest technological advancement is the ability to monitor individuals, dyads or groups without interfering in their interactions with one another,” says russell Frohardt, associate professor of Psychology. “We are truly state of the art when it comes to this technology.”
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