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Parent-child interaction: Measuring the effectiveness of interactions
Quality of parent-child interaction is one of the major predictors of emotional and social development of children, which makes parent-child interaction an important focus of child development research.
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How to know if an animal is nauseated
Nausea is a prominent factor influencing the quality of life for patients undergoing chemotherapy. That is why it is useful to study the nauseating side effects of therapies or the anti-nauseating potential of drugs.
![Clinical interviews – analyzing verbal and non-verbal behavior clinical-interviews](https://www.noldus.com/static/images/core-blog/clinical-interviews-1570542179.jpg)
Clinical interviews – analyzing verbal and non-verbal behavior
In general, researchers choose the methods and techniques that best suit their research objectives. That’s no different when researching doctor-patient communication or any other clinical interview setting.
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Observing behavior - Jury deliberations, what happens behind closed doors
Researchers increasingly study what goes on behind closed doors. Thirty mock-jury deliberations were filmed and behaviors were then coded using The Observer software.
![Systematic behavioral observation – two coding scales behavioral-observation](https://www.noldus.com/static/images/core-blog/behavioral-observation.jpg)
Systematic behavioral observation – two coding scales
Structured observations are one of the many ways to gather data. Observing behavior rather than asking questions about it can provide you with a multitude of valuable information.
![Horses: behavioral research, physiology and biomechanics equitation-sciences](https://www.noldus.com/static/images/core-blog/equitation-sciences.jpg)
Horses: behavioral research, physiology and biomechanics
Besides the study of the relation between humans and popular pets such as cats and dogs, human-horse interaction is an increasingly popular subject of science.
![Observing social behavior and communication in wild elephants observing-wild-elephants](https://www.noldus.com/static/images/core-blog/observing-wild-elephants.jpg)
Observing social behavior and communication in wild elephants
A trunk-to-mouth greeting ritual. Yes. We are talking about elephants here.
![Temporal patterns (T-patterns) in behaviors cats and their owners temporal-patterns-cats-owners](https://www.noldus.com/static/images/core-blog/temporal-patterns-cats-owners.jpg)
Temporal patterns (T-patterns) in behaviors cats and their owners
Noldus provides many solutions for research on the behavior of both animals and humans. On occasion, a Noldus solution is used for both animal and human research at the same time.