Recently added articles from Behavior Research Methods:
Timing accuracy of Web experiments: A case study using the WebExp software package
Feb 01, 2009; ... Although Internet-based experiments are gaining in popularity, most studies rely on directly evaluating participants' responses rather than response times. In the present article, we present two experiments that demonstrate the feasibility of collecting response latency data over the World-Wide ...
Using the World-Wide Web to obtain large-scale word norms: 190,212 ratings on a set of 2,654 German nouns
Feb 01, 2009; ... This article presents a new database of 2,654 German nouns rated by a sample of 3,907 subjects on three psycholinguistic attributes: concreteness, valence, and arousal. As a new means of data collection in the field of psycholinguistic research, all ratings were obtained via the Internet, using ...
MLP: A MATLAB toolbox for rapid and reliable auditory threshold estimation
Feb 01, 2009; ... In this article, we present MLP, a MATLAB toolbox enabling auditory thresholds estimation via the adaptive maximum likelihood procedure proposed by David Green (1990, 1993). This adaptive procedure is particularly appealing for those psychologists who need to estimate thresholds with a good ...
ALTSim: A MATLAB simulator for current associative learning theories
Feb 01, 2009; ... ALTSim is a MATLAB-based simulator of several associative learning models, including Pearce's configural model, the extended configural model, the Rescorla-Wagner model, the unique cue hypothesis, the modified unique cue hypothesis, the replaced elements model, and Harris's elemental model. It ...
A SAS macro for statistical power calculations in meta-analysis
Feb 01, 2009; ... Although statistical power is often considered in the design of primary research studies, it is rarely considered in meta-analysis. Background and guidelines are provided for conducting power analysis in meta-analysis, followed by the presentation of a SAS macro that calculates power using the ...