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The ''Barnard'' (abbrev: Bn) is a unit of measurement used in psychological, sociological and anthropological studies. It is named after the leader of the first team to outline its properties, Dr Victoria L Barnard. == Overview == Coined as a result of studies conducted by Dr V.L. Barnard ''et al.'' at John Radcliffe Hospital's psychiatric wing in Oxford, UK, the ‘Barnard’ (Bn) is a unit of perceived mental discomfort in sexual situations. Over a series of psychological experiments between 1998 and 2002, the team under Dr. Barnard studied over three hundred subjects in double-blind psychological experiments. In these studies, participants were asked a number of questions, both sexual and otherwise, to gauge their discomfort in the face of such questions. As a further step, certain members of the team started to display overt sexual excitement, including both audible and physical manifestations. The participant’s response was recording using both immediate testimony, galvanic skin response, EKGs and, in one study, Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Using the data collected from the various studies, the team noticed a continuum of responses, encompassing apathy, sexual responsiveness/excitement, fear (including concomitant adrenal response) and anger. It was posited by Dr Barnard that the continuum could be graduated using arbitrary units, in order to further understand levels of mental discomfort in tightly defined circumstances. The completed write-ups of the study were first published in the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology (Vol 15, Issue 4, 2003),〔(Taylor & Francis Journals: Welcome ) at www.tandf.co.uk〕 receiving a lukewarm response from other researchers in the field. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barnard (unit)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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