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Laboratory research is defined as research that is conducted in a highly controlled environment, typically with random assignment to condition, to enable the researcher to make causal statements. Such research may, in fact, take place in a laboratory specifically designed for such research, which is more likely to be the case in neuroscience but also occurs in the social and behavioral sciences. A more widely used term to refer to what is meant by laboratory research is experimental research. The essence of this concept is the high degree of control over all variables, including those that are not the focus of manipulation; this degree of control allows the researcher to make inferences about causality.

Laboratory research: Research conducted in a highly controlled environment, typically with random assignment to condition, to enable the researcher to make causal statements.

Field study: Examination of variables in natural settings without the manipulation of variables.

Field experiment: Research that takes place in natural settings and manipulates variables, unlike a field study.