Abstract
In this part of the book we will examine the practical aspects of experimental research. The main question is how to proceed in concrete terms when setting up a laboratory, preparing an experiment and then conducting it. Of course, the methodological principles that we have dealt with in the second part play a central role. It will therefore not be possible to proceed without repeating a number of previously described issues, but we will try to reduce any unnecessary repetition by making appropriate references to what is necessary.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging.
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Electroencephalography.
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For example, such a laboratory has recently been inaugurated at the University of Karlsruhe.
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See Fischbacher (2007).
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See Greiner (2015).
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Journals such as Nature, PLOS ONE, PNAS or Science are meant.
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Note that this feature is included in, e.g., the software zTree.
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Weimann, J., Brosig-Koch, J. (2019). Experimental Practice. In: Methods in Experimental Economics. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93363-4_3
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