Experiments and Modeling in Cognitive Science

Software Simulation and Modeling in Psychology: MATLAB, SPSS, Excel and E-Prime describes all the stages of psychology experimentation, from the manipulation of factors, to statistical analysis, data modeling, and automated stimuli creation. The book shows how software can help automate various stages of the experiment for which operations may quickly become repetitive. For example, it shows how to compile data files (instead of opening files one by one to copy and paste), generate stimuli (instead of drawing one by one in a drawing software), and transform and recode tables of data.

This type of modeling in psychology helps determine if a model fits the data, and also demonstrates that the algorithmic is not only useful, but essential for modeling data.

• Covers the entire process of experimenting, from designing an experiment, to modeling the data
• Shows how software can help automate various stages of the experiment for which operations may quickly become repetitive
• Contains sections on how to compile data files (instead of opening files one by one to copy and paste) and generate stimuli (instead of drawing one by one in a drawing software)

Autorentext

Fabien Mathy is a professor in the department of Psychology at University Côte d'Azur, and researcher at the laboratory Bases, Corpus, Langage of the CNRS. After being head of the Department of Psychology, he is currently appointed director of a doctoral program and head of the Cognitive Science & Computation program at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société Sud-Est in Nice, France. He teaches psychology and cognitive science to show in particular how artificial intelligence and psychology can combine to offer adequate models of cognitive processes. HIs main research interest is the relationship between learning, memory, and intelligence and his current research explores the growth of immediate memory capacity across age. He has been the recipient of two grants from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche and one IDEX (Initiative d'excellence) grant and he has been a fellow of the Psychonomic Society since 2010.

Inhalt

Part 1. Experiments, Models, Simulations 1. Principles of Modeling 2. Modeling and Simulation 3. Adjustment of the Model to the Data# 4. Introduction to Programming in MATLAB®

Part 2. Experimentation 5. Principles of Experimentation Organization and Experimental Reasoning 6. Building Experimental Conditions from Random Draws or Permutations 7. Creating Stimuli Digitally 8. Experimenting with Psychtoolbox (and Others)

Part 3. Analysis and Modeling 9. Analyzing Data: Import, Transformation, Compilation, Restructuring, Aggregation and Use of Statisticstoolbox 10. Introduction to Bayesian Analysis 11. Complex and Original Figures