The lab submitted four papers to CogSci2012 and all four were accepted (3 as oral presentations)! Congrats to Doug (2 papers!), John, and Mordechai! Soko de mata aimashou!- 4.4.2012
Todd is giving a talk on some of our work at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Howe School of Technology Management in Hoboken, NJ. (Thursday Feb. 23, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, Babbio 219).- 2.20.2012
November is shaping up to be busy month for the lab. Todd is giving a talk at Brown University on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, a talk a Princeton University on Wednesday, Nov. 9th, and a talk at University of Chicago Marketing Department on Tuesday, Nov. 15th. In addition, Doug Markant and John McDonnell are presenting posters at Psychonomics 2011 in Seattle, WA (poster number 2136 and 5102). If you live in any of these exotic places drop by and see what we’ve been up to!- 11.1.2011
Right on the heels of CogSci2001, Todd is giving a talk on our recent work on hypothesis testing and information search at the Behavior 2011 conference in a special symposium on “Cognition as Foraging: Search in Internal and External Environments“. The symposium will be Friday, July 29th from 10am-3:30pm.- 7.25.2011
An easier way to launch iPython Notebook on Mac OS X.- 2.11.2012 (Todd)
Wherein John and Todd describe how to set the statistical properties of a finite sample (useful for designing experiments).- 4.17.2011 (John)
Great (older) article in Scientific American on the science of scientific writing.- 3.20.2012 (Todd)
Happening live! 50 blog posts in 50 days on influential learning theorists (from Socrates to Skinner to Bruner to Schank).- 3.18.2012 (Todd)
Computational models as aids to better reasoning in psychology.- 3.6.2012 (Todd)
How Target is mining your purchasing decisions and learning about your life. It even knows if you are pregnant!- 2.24.2012 (Todd)
A new Stack Exchange Q&A site has opened up for Cognitive Science!- 2.20.2012 (John)
Came across this interesting online course on modeling that covers topics very similar to my own (we even discussed the Schelling segregation model last week). Sign up for free online! (via Ducan Watts)- 2.9.2012 (Todd)
Why science majors decide to leave their majors, grade inflation in psychology?! oh no!- 11.5.2011 (Todd)
Article in New Scientist about using Quantum probability to explain human judgment and reasoning.- 10.20.2011 (Todd)
Sixty-second adventures in thought- 10.20.2011 (Todd)
Is Mechanical Turk the future of cognitive science research?
Is Internet-based data collection the future of cognitive science research? We used Amazon's Mechanical Turk (AMT) to replicate a classic result in cognitive psychology which has primarily been established under traditional laboratory conditions (Shepard, Hovland, and Jenkins, 1961). In this post, we describe the various lengths we went to in order to get useful data from AMT and what we learned in the process. Overall, our results highlight the potential for using AMT in experimental research, but also raise a number of concerns and challenges. We invite comments, discussion, and shared experience inside!
Data Analysis in Python, the Literate Way
Recently, the possibility of using something like Mathematica's "computational notebook" framework in Python has emerged. In particular, iPython (an "enhanced" python shell) has added a web-based notebook framework. Read more for a nerdy mini-review! I'm using it for teaching and research.
Interested in grad school?
Graduate admissions are right around the corner, and the lab is currently looking for exceptional candidates interested in computational modeling and higher-level cognition. Read on to learn more about what working in the lab is like and what I look for in potential students.
CogSci 2011 Preview
The 33rd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society is kicking off next Wednesday. The lab is going to be well represented this year with a couple of talks and posters. Here's a preview of what we'll be presenting. Be sure to drop by the talks and posters and give us a hard time (or buy us a beer if it looks like other people are giving us a hard time!). Hope to see you there! Read on for a full list of our presentations and a summary of what they are about.
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