Pharmacodynamics: measuring how drugs affect behaviour:

Question 1

In what ways can be measure how drugs effect behaviour?

Answer 1

Cell firing/neurotransmitter release

Neurophysiology: EEG, PET, fMRI

Subjective scales: mood or feeling-state questionnaires

Standardised questionnaires..schizophrenia, aggression..

Objective tasks: simulators, cognitive tasks - reaction time, vigilance, memory, executive processing, logical reasoning, mental judgement.

Placebo controlled, double-blind, empirical studies