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2-Sep |
Introduction & Course Expectations |
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7-Sep |
Fundamentals of Science and How We Study the Brain |
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CH.1 JHANGIANI et al. CH.2 JHANGIANI et al.
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September 10th is last day to drop a course without a "W" grade |
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9-Sep |
Research Ethics |
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CH.3 JHANGIANI et al. |
Team Charter Due by Friday, September 10th |
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14-Sep |
Sources of Information |
Laura Mullen (Rutgers Behavioral Sciences Librarian) |
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16-Sep |
Ethics Training: CITI TRAINING |
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Topic Approval Due by Friday September 17th |
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21-Sep |
Open Science/Replication |
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- Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant. Psychological Science, 22(11), 1359–1366. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611417632 (watch the summary video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3GqyBRgzY&t=562s)
- Nosek, B. A., Ebersole, C. R., DeHaven, A. C., & Mellor, D. T. (2018). The preregistration revolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(11), 2600. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708274114 |
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23-Sep |
Open Science/Replication |
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- Brandt, M. J., IJzerman, H., Dijksterhuis, A., Farach, F. J., Geller, J., Giner-Sorolla, R., Grange, J. A., Perugini, M., Spies, J. R., & van ’t Veer, A. (2014). The Replication Recipe: What makes for a convincing replication? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 50, 217–224 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2013.10.005l - Frank, M. C., & Saxe, R. (2012). Teaching Replication.Perspectives on Psychological Science,7(6),600–604.https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691612460686 |
Article Summary and CITI training Due By Friday September 24th |
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28-Sep |
Psychological Measurement |
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CH.4 JHANGIANI et al. |
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30-Sep |
Experiment Basics |
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CH.5 JHANGIANI et al. |
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5-Oct |
Exploring Cognition Through the Eyes: Eye-tracking (Teams 1 and 2) RuCCS eye-tracking lab A120 |
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7-Oct |
Exploring Cognition Through the Eyes: Pupillometry |
Sarah Colby (University of Iowa): Pupillometry |
- Torres A and Hout M (2019) Pupils: A Window Into the Mind. Front. Young Minds. 7:3. doi: 10.3389/frym.2019.00003 - Laeng, B., Sirois, S., & Gredebäck, G. (2012). Pupillometry: A Window to the Preconscious? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(1), 18–27. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691611427305 |
Preregistration, Presentation Reflection, and Consent Form due by Friday October 8th |
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12-Oct |
Exploring Cognition Through the Eyes: Eye-tracking (Teams 3, 4, and 5) RuCCS eye-tracking lab A120 |
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14-Oct |
Exploring Cognition Through the Brain: EEG |
McCall Syrett (Villanova University): EEG |
- Allopenna, P. D. , Magnuson, J. S. , & Tanenhaus, M. K. (1998). Tracking the time course of spoken word recognition using eye movements: Evidence for continuous mapping models. Journal of Memory and Language, 38, 419–439.
Measuring Brain Waves in the Classroom . (n.d.). Frontiers for Young Minds. Retrieved October 2, 2021, from https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.00096 |
Presentation Reflection due by Friday October 15th |
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19-Oct |
Exploring Cognition Through the Brain : EEG (Teams 1, 2) RuCCS eye-tracking lab A120 |
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- Etienne, A., Laroia, T., Weigle, H., Afelin, A., Kelly, S. K., Krishnan, A., & Grover, P. (2020). Novel Electrodes for Reliable EEG Recordings on Coarse and Curly Hair. BioRxiv, 2020.02.26.965202. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.26.965202 |
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21-Oct |
Exploring Cognition Through the Brain: EEG (Teams 3, 4,5) RuCCS eye-tracking lab A120 |
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26-Oct |
Understanding Cognition Through the Brain: fMRI |
Melissa Thye (University of Edinburgh): fMRI/sEEG |
- Racine, E., Bar-Ilan, O., & Illes, J. (2005). FMRI in the public eye. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 6(2), 159–164. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1609 - Turner, R. (2016). Uses, misuses, new uses and fundamental limitations of magnetic resonance imaging in cognitive science. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1705). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0349- Amanamba U., Sojka A., Harris S., Bucknam M.,& Hegdé. J. (2020) A Window Into Your Brain: How fMRI Helps Us Understand What Is Going on Inside Our Heads. Front. Young Minds. 8:484603. doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.484603 |
Presentation Reflection Due by Friday October 29th |
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28-Oct |
Understanding Cognition Through the Brain: fMRI (The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR)) |
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2-Nov |
Exploring Cognition Through the Web |
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- Crump, McDonnell, Gureckis (2013). Evaluating Amazon's Mechanical Turk as a Tool for Experimental Behavioral Research - Bridges, D., Pitiot, A., MacAskill, M. R., & Peirce, J. W. (2020). The timing mega-study: Comparing a range of experiment generators, both lab-based and online. PeerJ, 8, e9414. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9414- - Grootswagers, T. A primer on running human behavioral experiments online. Behav Res 52, 2283–2286 (2020).https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01395-3 - Gagné, N., & Franzen, L., Ph.D. (2021, August 30). How to run behavioural experiments online: best practice suggestions for cognitive psychology and neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nt67j
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4-Nov |
No Class - Psychonomics |
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9-Nov |
Introduction to Python/PsychoPy and Pavlovia |
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11-Nov |
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Lucia Cherep (Univeristy of Arizona): VR |
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16-Nov |
Introduction to Python/PsychoPy and Pavlovia & Normalizing Errors
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18-Nov |
Programming Experiments |
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23-Nov |
Programming Experiments |
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13 |
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25-Nov |
Thanksgiving Break (No Class) |
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30-Nov |
Data Collection |
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Programmed Experiment Due by November 30th.
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2-Dec |
Data Collection |
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15 |
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7-Dec |
Data Analysis |
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15 |
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9-Dec |
Data Analysis |
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Methods and Data Analysis Write-Up Due by December 10th |
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14-Dec |
Class Presentations |
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16-Dec |
Class Presentations |
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12/20/2021 - 12/23/2021 |
FINAL EXAMS (DECEMBER 20th-DECEMBER 23rd) |
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Paper Due by December 23rd |