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bgsu magazine: Summer 2002 |
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Faraday’s Gold
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Dr. Ryan D. Tweney
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Psychology Professor Researches Scientific Thinking
Researchers often test theories, contemplate options and use different methods to study a certain hypothesis. As a researcher
works to find these answers, critical thinking often plays a role in those explorations.
Dr. Ryan D. Tweney, professor of psychology and faculty member in the J.P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind and Behavior,
is among the researchers utilizing this thinking. Since joining the University in 1970, Tweney has been researching the nature
of scientific thinking. More specifically, he utilizes methods and theories from cognitive psychology to understand the way
scientific thinking is realistically accomplished.
His efforts have been combined with historical methods. Recently, he has been researching diaries kept by Michael Faraday
(1791-1867), the famous British scientist best remembered for his discoveries in electricity and magnetism.
Along with the diary, Tweney discovered that many of the specimens Faraday prepared in 1856 still existed. These are microscope
slides the scientist used in his study of the wide range of colors exhibited by gold metal. This breakthrough made it possible
for extended research on the way Faraday studied a complex problem.
To view Dr. Tweney’s research as well as other faculty members in the J.P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind and Behavior
please click here:
caspar.bgsu.edu/~neuro
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