Archive for July, 2006
06-07-31
Tags:CogSci conference counterfactual Linguistics OddsnEnds Li and I just presented a paper at CogSci 2006, in which we argued that there are many ways in which a language can mark counterfactuality. One is to violate the semantic constraint or world knowledge. The example we gave was … "when pigs fly". This is […]
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06-07-29
Tags:aspect CogSci conference counterfactual Linguistics Profiles
Yasuhiro Shirai came to our poster the last, after pretty much everybody had left the floor. I knew he is a friend of Li Ping and had edited a book together on children’s aquisition of aspect, but didn’t know — should have guessed — that […]
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06-07-29
Tags:duke infant Linguistics Profiles psychology speech Ran into Henny Yeung today, who worked with Reiko as an undergraduate and graduated from Duke 3 years ago. I was on his honor’s thesis and he took my Psych of Reading course, the only time I offered it. Absolutely a fascinating guy. He […]
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06-07-29
Tags:counterfactual ERP Linguistics P300 Profiles
Don Loritz stopped by my poster. This was about 3 hours ago at the CogSci 2006 meeting, where Li and I presented the Chinese Counterfactual stuff. A very pleasant guy and we chatted about aspect, counterfactual, and all the nonsense people have said about Chinese language. He […]
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06-07-25
Tags:card sorting Paperville psychology Research The Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS): a method of assessing executive function in children : Nature Protocols Protocol Nature Protocols 1, - 297 - 301 (2006)doi:10.1038/nprot.2006.46
Subject Category: Utilizing model organisms
The Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS): a method of assessing executive function in children
Philip David Zelazo1
ABSTRACT
The dimensional change card sort […]
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06-07-25
Tags:Computing psychology Research Watch List
PEBL sounds like an opensource competitor of E-Prime.
PEBL is software for creating psychology experiments. PEBL offers a simple programming language tailor-made for creating and conducting many standard experiments. It is Free software, […]
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06-07-25
Tags:executive control psychology Research We used a very much simplified version of this with 3 & 5-yr-olds. Initially, four stimulus cards are presented to the participant: the first has one red triangle, the second has two green stars, the third has three yellow crosses, and […]
Wisconsin card sort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Method
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(Research, Psychology) | 1
06-07-25
Tags:citation CiteULike Computing firefox Research Watch List xml CHNM Tools - Firefox Scholar (aka SmartFox) was to be released this summer
Firefox Scholar (Coming Soon)
Due for beta release in Summer 2006, Firefox Scholar will help teachers, students, and scholars organize and cite materials they have found online. Comprised of […]
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06-07-25
Tags:citation CiteULike Computing Research xml
Some food for thought and raw code for testing: darcusblog » Blog Archive » PyULike vs. SmartFox: Centralized vs. Distributed
CiteULike’s Richard Cameron has posted an interesting outline of a plan to rewrite the code in Python, called for now PyULike. Meanwhile, last week I heard from one […]
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06-07-24
Tags:CogSci conference psychology Research Talks I have to miss because of the return flight: Is There Evidence for a Probabilistic Language Faculty? by Rens Bod Grounding Dialogue: Eye Movements Reveal the Coordination of Attention during Conversation by Daniel Richardson, Rick Dale A Model […]
July 29th, 2006. 10:30AM-12:00PMSession 7-29-2D: Language and Non-Verbal Behavior(Chair: Danielle McNamara) Grand Ballroom D
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06-07-24
Tags:Profiles Research statistics
Tom Griffiths, currently at Brown but moving to Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley, who was also recently named one of "AI’s 10 to watch" by the IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine, will hold a workshop at CogSci 2006 on Bayesian models of inductive learning. […]
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06-07-24
Tags:CogSci conference eye movements psychology Research Something I won’t be able to attend, a workshop by Mariana Matos da Silva, Research Fellow at UCLIC, Psychology Department and Anna Cox. CogSci 2006 Conference: Workshop Program Workshop W1: Mariana M. Silva and Anna L. Cox: What have eye movements told us so […]
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06-07-23
Tags:Computing OddsnEnds What can you do with Verizon Wireless’ BroadbandAccess Data Plans? Not much if you read the fineprints: Unlimited NationalAccess/BroadbandAccess:…NationalAccess and BroadbandAccess data sessions may be used with wireless devices for the following purposes: (i) Internet browsing; (ii) email; and (iii) intranet access (including access to corporate intranets, email and individual productivity applications […]
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06-07-13
Tags:Computing psychology The man who can open his e-mails by power of thought - World - Times Online
“In one example, neural output was coupled to a prosthetic hand, and he was able to open and close the hand under volitional control . . . he achieved this action after a few trials while looking […]
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