European Journal of Anatomy

Official Journal of The Spanish Society of Anatomy
Cover Volume 11 - Number S1
Eur J Anat, 11 (S1): 67-71 (2007)

A study of cognitive-affective and physiological-motor reactions to human dissection in Spanish students of human Anatomy

Arraez-Aybar L.A., Castano-Collado G., Casado-Morales I.

Dept. of Human Anatomy and Embryology II, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Dept. of Differential Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Dept. of Basic Psychology II, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology II, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain

ABSTRACT In the last two decades anatomists have carried out research into students' reactions, both physiological and emotional, to dissection. This research has mainly been carried out in English-speaking countries. The objective of the study is to investigate these reactions in a group of Spanish students. Given the scope and volume of data being analyzed in the complete study, in this paper we present data referring only to the methodology employed and those results presented at the Joint Meeting of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain & Ireland and the Spanish Anatomical Society, held in September 2006 in the Medical Faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid.

Keywords: adult, anatomy, behavior, cognition, conference paper, controlled study, dissection, emotion, female, human, male, medical education, medical student, motor activity, professionalism

European Journal of anatomy
ISSN 2340-311X (Online)