Thinking about thinking

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Name: Mike Law­rence (usually published under Michael A Lawrence)

Email/AIM/gTalk/Jabber: my casual first name [dot] my last name with no vowels @gmail.com

Office Loca­tion: Klein Lab, PAS3385

Office Phone: 902−494−6551

Public Calen­dar

Basic stats

Born: April 22, 1982, Hali­fax, Nova Sco­tia, Canada
Citi­zenships: Canada, USA

Edu­ca­tion

Inter­na­tio­nal Bac­ca­lau­reate Diploma (Hali­fax Gram­mar School, 2000)
BA(Hons) Psycho­logy (Queen’s Uni­ver­sity, 2004)
MSc Expe­ri­men­tal Psycho­logy (Dalhou­sie Uni­ver­sity, 2008)
PhD Expe­ri­men­tal Psycho­logy (Dalhou­sie Uni­ver­sity, in progress)

Awards

2009

Killam Scho­larship (Hono­rary), Dalhou­sie Uni­ver­sity
Cer­ti­fi­cate of Exce­llence, Cana­dian Psycho­lo­gi­cal Association

2008

NSERC Canada Gra­duate Scho­larship (Doc­to­ral)
D.O. Hebb Doc­to­ral Post-Graduate Prize, Dalhou­sie Uni­ver­sity
Killam Scho­larship (Hono­rary), Dalhou­sie University

2007

Julie Payette — NSERC Research Scho­larship
Hono­ra­ble Men­tion, NSF Gra­duate Research Fellowship Pro­gram
D.O. Hebb Master’s Post-Graduate Prize, Dalhou­sie Uni­ver­sity
Arts Merit Scho­larship, Uni­ver­sity of Water­loo
Psycho­logy Scho­larship, Uni­ver­sity of Waterloo

2006

Psycho­logy Scho­larship, Uni­ver­sity of Water­loo
Gra­duate Scho­larship, Uni­ver­sity of Waterloo

2004

Deans Honour List with Dis­tinc­tion, Queens University

2003

Deans Honour List with Dis­tinc­tion, Queens Uni­ver­sity
Deans Spe­cial Award, Queens University

Books

In Pro­gress

R for expe­ri­men­tal cog­ni­tive science. MA Lawrence.

Python for expe­ri­men­tal cog­ni­tive science. JC Chris­tie, JF Faw­cett, MA Lawrence.

Intro­duc­tion to sta­tis­tics and data analy­sis for the beha­vio­ral scien­ces (2^nd edi­tion). RS Lockheart, JC Chris­tie, MA Lawrence.

Papers

Published

Hap­tic Rough­ness Per­cep­tion of Linear Gra­tings via Bare Fin­ger or Rigid Probe. MA Law­rence, R Kitada, R Klatzky, S Leder­man (2007). Per­cep­tion, 36, 547–557.

Eye Move­ments as Direct Tests of the GO Model for the Missing-Letter Effect. A Roy-Charland, J Saint-Aubin, RM Klein, MA Law­rence (2007). Per­cep­tion & Psychophy­sics, 69, 324–337.

Pat­terns of atten­tion in visual search after stroke. B But­ler, MA Law­rence, G Eskes, RM Klein (2009). Neu­ropsycho­lo­gia, 47, 869–878.

Sol­ving the chic­ken and egg pro­blem of let­ter detec­tion and fixa­tion dura­tion in rea­ding. A Roy-Charland, J Saint-Aubin, MA Law­rence, RM Klein (2009). Atten­tion, Per­cep­tion & Psychophy­sics, 71, 1553–1562.

In Press

Aler­ting, orien­ting, and exe­cu­tive atten­tion in chil­dren with ADHD. JC Mullane, P Cor­kum, RM Klein, EN McLaugh­lin, MA Law­rence (In press). Jour­nal of Atten­tion Disorders.

Apprai­sing the ANT: Psycho­me­tric and theo­re­ti­cal con­si­de­ra­tions of the Atten­tion Net­work Test. JW Mac­Leod, MA Law­rence, MM McCon­nell, GA Eskes, RM Klein, DI Shore (In press). Neuropsychology.

Esti­ma­ting the pro­ba­bi­lity and fide­lity of memory. MA Law­rence (In Press). Beha­vior Research Methods.

Sub­mit­ted

Inten­sity and Inhi­bi­tion of Return. KR Duke­wich, MA Law­rence, RM Klein.

In pro­gress

Exa­mi­ning exo­ge­nous and endo­ge­nous mecha­nisms of tem­po­ral atten­tion. MA Law­rence, RM Klein.

The influence of atten­tion on the pro­ba­bi­lity and fide­lity of memory. MA Lawrence.

Mode­ling the dis­tri­bu­tion of fixa­tion dura­tions amidst the mis­sing let­ter effect. A Roy-Charland, MA Law­rence, J Saint-Aubin, RM Klein.

The effi­ciency of pro­ces­sing sharp and blu­rred tar­gets in figure and ground: results from a spee­ded two-choice disc­ri­mi­na­tion task. D McKee, MA Law­rence, RM Klein, P McMullen.

Corre­la­tion by simu­la­tion: An esti­ma­tion and infe­ren­tial tool for corre­la­tion amidst mea­su­re­ment error. MA Lawrence.

The deve­lop­ment of aler­ting, orien­ting, and exe­cu­tive atten­tion in childhood. JC Mullane, P Cor­kum, RM Klein, EN McLaugh­lin, MA Lawrence.

Net­works of atten­tion in chil­dren with lear­ning disa­bi­li­ties. JC Mullane, P Cor­kum, RM Klein, EN McLaugh­lin, MA Law­rence, MM Pike.

Talks & posters

Upcom­ming

None at this time.

Past

The influence of atten­tion on the pro­ba­bi­lity and fide­lity of memory. MA Law­rence (2010). Talk pre­sen­ted to the 20^th Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

ANOVA is dead: Case stu­dies in the power of mixed effects analy­sis. MA Law­rence (2010). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted to the 20^th Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

Tes­ting the habi­tua­tion hypothe­sis: The effects of sti­mu­lus inten­sity on inhi­bi­tion of return. K Duke­wich, MA Law­rence, RM Klein (2010). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted to the 20^th Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

Exa­mi­ning exo­ge­nous and endo­ge­nous mecha­nisms of tem­po­ral atten­tion. MA Law­rence, RM Klein, VM LoLordo (2009). Pos­ter pre­sen­ta­tion to the 50^th Annual Mee­ting of The Psycho­no­mic Society.

Chro­mo­me­tric explo­ra­tions of mind: Color as an index of infor­ma­tion enco­ding and qua­lity. MA Law­rence (2009). Pre­sen­ta­tion to the 32^nd Annual In-House Con­fe­rence of the Dalhou­sie Psycho­logy Department.

An Intro­duc­tion to Sta­tis­tics in R. J Chris­tie, MA Law­rence (2009). Pre­sen­ta­tion to the 32^nd Annual In-House Con­fe­rence of the Dalhou­sie Psycho­logy Department.

R for psycho­logy: A live demons­tra­tion. MA Law­rence, J Chris­tie (2009). Pre­sen­ta­tion to the 32^nd Annual In-House Con­fe­rence of the Dalhou­sie Psycho­logy Department.

Mea­su­ring the Com­po­nents of Atten­tion with the Atten­tion Net­work Test: Is it Relia­ble? MA Law­rence, G Eskes, RM Klein (2009). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted at the 2009 mee­ting of the Inter­na­tio­nal Neu­ropsycho­lo­gi­cal Society.

Disat­te­nua­tion by simu­la­tion: An esti­ma­tion and infe­ren­tial tool for corre­la­tion amidst mea­su­re­ment error. MA Law­rence (2008). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted at the 2008 Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Psycho­lo­gi­cal Association.

Exe­cu­tive and Aler­ting Atten­tion are Impai­red in Chil­dren with ADHD. JC Mullane, P Cor­kum, RM Klein, EN McLaugh­lin, MA Law­rence, Pike, MM (2008). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted at the 2008 Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Psycho­lo­gi­cal Association.

Disen­tan­gling exo­ge­nous and endo­ge­nous tem­po­ral atten­tion. MA Law­rence, RM Klein (2008). Talk pre­sen­ted at the 2008 Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

Disat­te­nua­tion by simu­la­tion: An esti­ma­tion and infe­ren­tial tool for corre­la­tion amidst mea­su­re­ment error. MA Law­rence (2008). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted at the 2008 Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

The Deve­lop­ment of Aler­ting, Orien­ting, and Exe­cu­tive Atten­tion in Childhood. JC Mullane, PV Cor­kum, MA Law­rence, RM Klein, EN McLaugh­lin (2008). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted at the 2008 Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

Visual Search Pat­terns in Neglect: Com­pa­ri­son of Near and Far Space Search. B But­ler, MA Law­rence, G Eskes, RM Klein (2008). Pos­ter pre­sen­ted at the 2008 Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

Atten­tion in the ANT: Mea­su­ring the com­po­nents of atten­tion with empha­sis on the Atten­tion Net­work Test. RM Klein, MA Law­rence, G Eskes (2007). Pre­sen­ta­tion to the 2007 Annual Mee­ting of the Cana­dian Society for Brain, Beha­viour and Cog­ni­tive Science.

Hap­tic Rough­ness Per­cep­tion of Linear Gra­tings via Bare Fin­ger or Rigid Probe. R Kitada, MA Law­rence, R Klatzky, S Leder­man (2007). World Hap­tics Con­fe­rence 2007, Tsu­kuba, Japan.

The mis­sing let­ter effect: methods, fin­dings and a new model. RM Klein, J Saint-Aubin, A Roy-Charland, MA Law­rence (2006). 18^th Annual Con­ven­tion of the Asso­cia­tion for Psychology.

Pat­terns of atten­tion in visual search after stroke. MA Law­rence, B But­ler, G Eskes (2006). Pre­sen­ta­tion to the 32^nd Annual In-House Con­fe­rence of the Dalhou­sie Psycho­logy Department.

The median is not the mes­sage: Ex-Gaussian decom­po­si­tion of reac­tion time dis­tri­bu­tions. MA Law­rence, J Chris­tie (2005). Pre­sen­ta­tion to the 31^st Annual In-House Con­fe­rence of the Dalhou­sie Psycho­logy Department.