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Updated colors of mind

Mike — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:36:02 +0000

Yesterday I submitted a manuscript on the math of mental chromometry , so I updated the page to contain this work, including the LaTeX source for the manuscript. See the “Update” portion of the page.

Colors of mind

Mike — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:47:14 +0000

I just posted a page describing mental chromometry, an exciting new paradigm for measuring memory. This area is so new that the math required to pursue it has not been made public outside the research group that originated the approach. So I went ahead and figured it out myself (well, with some help from a professional statistician). Code and Monte Carlo test results are presented.

Reliability re-think

Mike — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:19:02 +0000

I just posted ruminations on reliability, including introduction to the concept, some troubles with its computation, some solutions to these troubles, some work I’ve done on providing new solutions, and an open question on the utility of the concept in general.

CAEME

Mike — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:55:50 +0000

I’ve created a page to host a draft manuscript describing my work to solve the problem of correlation amidst estimable measurement error.

First real update: Tools & Replicating Miller 1988

Mike — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:44:55 +0000

You’ll notice a new Tools section on the site, including a list of tools I made and tools I use. I hope you find them useful.

I’ve also uploaded code and resulting graphics from an attempt at replicating Miller (1988)‘s simulations demonstrating the dangers of using the median in the context of skewed distributions (ex. human response time data). The code demonstrates Monte Carlo simulation in R using the plyr package and the use of ggplot2 for graphics.

Inaugural post

Mike — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:24:58 +0000

This site aims to serve as both blog and open notebook for my research in cognitive science. As I conduct research, I’ll create pages that describe experiments and link to code & data for those experiments. I’ll also create pages that discuss topics that interest me in cognitive science, such as common experimental paradigms, data analysis, and modeling the mind. New and updated pages will be announced by blog posts.

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