Behavior research methods
Jun 1, 2022
With continued advancements in portable eye-tracker technology liberating experimenters from the restraints of artificial laboratory designs, research can now collect gaze data from real-world, natural navigation. However, the field lacks a robust me...
Behavior research methods
Apr 25, 2022
Researchers and practitioners often use single-case designs (SCDs), or n-of-1 trials, to develop and validate novel treatments. Standards and guidelines have been published to provide guidance as to how to implement SCDs, but many of their recommenda...
Behavior research methods
Apr 19, 2022
Research demonstrates that IATs are fakeable. Several indices [either slowing down or speeding up, and increasing errors or reducing errors in congruent and incongruent blocks; Combined Task Slowing (CTS); Ratio 150-10000] have been developed to dete...
Behavior research methods
Apr 4, 2022
We propose a novel approach, which we call machine learning strategy identification (MLSI), to uncovering hidden decision strategies. In this approach, we first train machine learning models on choice and process data of one set of participants who a...
Behavior research methods
Feb 25, 2022
We propose a new measure of national valence based on the emotional content of a country's most popular songs. We first trained a machine learning model using 191 different audio features embedded within music and use this model to construct a long-r...
Behavior research methods
Feb 17, 2022
A crucial step in analysing text data is the detection and removal of invalid texts (e.g., texts with meaningless or irrelevant content). To date, research topics that rely heavily on analysis of text data, such as autobiographical memory, have lacke...
Behavior research methods
Jan 14, 2022
Error-driven learning algorithms, which iteratively adjust expectations based on prediction error, are the basis for a vast array of computational models in the brain and cognitive sciences that often differ widely in their precise form and applicati...
Behavior research methods
Dec 16, 2021
Many studies use different categories of images to define their conditions. Since any difference between these categories is a valid candidate to explain category-related behavioral differences, knowledge about the objective image differences between...
Behavior research methods
Oct 26, 2021
In complex tasks, high performers often have better strategies than low performers, even with similar amounts of practice. Relatively little research has examined how people form and change strategies in tasks that permit a large set of strategies. O...
Behavior research methods
Oct 13, 2021
The present study seeks to examine individuals' stream of thought in real time. Specifically, we asked participants to speak their thoughts freely out loud during a typical resting-state condition. We first examined the feasibility and reliability of...