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 ...
SPSS programs for the measurement of nonindependence in standard dyadic designs
Feb 01, 2009; ... Dyadic research is becoming more common in the social and behavioral sciences. The most common dyadic design is one in which two persons are measured on the same set of variables. Very often, the first analysis of dyadic data is to determine the extent to which the responses of the two persons ...
Variation in scatterplot displays
Feb 01, 2009; ... Scatterplots are typically constructed for the purpose of showing the association between two variables. We argue that such scatterplots should not vary in ways that are unrelated to the degree of association. Noting that the publication standards for the preparation of scatterplots are minimal, ...
Detection of interactions between a dichotomous moderator and a continuous predictor in moderated multiple regression with heterogeneous error variance
Feb 01, 2009; ... Moderated multiple regression (MMR) has been widely used to investigate the interaction or moderating effects of a categorical moderator across a variety of subdisciplines in the behavioral and social sciences. In view of the frequent violation of the homogeneity of error variance assumption in ...
Measuring discriminability when there are multiple sources of bias
Feb 01, 2009; ... Performance measures such as log d and d' aim to measure stimulus discriminability independently of response bias in conditional discrimination tasks, including the yes/no signal-detection procedure. However, they assume only one dimension of bias (e.g., response color) and do not account for ...
A comparison of linear and mixture models for discriminant analysis under nonnormality
Feb 01, 2009; ... Methods for discriminant analysis were compared with respect to classification accuracy under nonnormality through Monte Carlo simulation. The methods compared were linear discriminant analyses based both on raw scores and on ranks; linear logistic discrimination; and mixture discriminant ...
Adaptive Visual Analog Scales (AVAS): A modifiable software program for the creation, administration, and scoring of visual analog scales
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Adaptive Visual Analog Scales is a freely available computer software package designed to be a flexible tool for the creation, administration, and automated scoring of both continuous and discrete visual analog scale formats. The continuous format is a series of individual items that are ...
Tachistoscopic exposure and masking of real three-dimensional scenes
Feb 01, 2009; ... Although there are many well-known forms of visual cues specifying absolute and relative distance, little is known about how visual space perception develops at small temporal scales. How much time does the visual system require to extract the information in the various absolute and relative ...
NASA TLX: Software for assessing subjective mental workload
Feb 01, 2009; ... The NASA Task Load Index (TLX) is a popular technique for measuring subjective mental workload. It relies on a multidimensional construct to derive an overall workload score based on a weighted average of ratings on six subscales: mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, ...
ATC-lab^sup Advanced^: An air traffic control simulator with realism and control
Feb 01, 2009; ... ATC-lab^sup Advanced^ is a new, publicly available air traffic control (ATC) simulation package that provides both realism and experimental control. ATC-lab^sup Advanced^ simulations are realistic to the extent that the display features (including aircraft performance) and the manner in which ...
ConceptBuilder: An open-source software tool for measuring, depicting, and quantifying causal models
Feb 01, 2009; ... Measurements of people's causal and explanatory models are frequently key dependent variables in investigations of concepts and categories, lay theories, and health behaviors. A variety of challenges are inherent in the pen-and-paper and narrative methods commonly used to measure such causal ...
Observer agreement for timed-event sequential data: A comparison of time-based and event-based algorithms
Feb 01, 2009; ... Observer agreement is often regarded as the sine qua non of observational research. Cohen's κ is a widely used index and is appropriate when discrete entities-such as a turn-of-talk or a demarcated time interval-are presented to pairs of observers to code. κ-like statistics and ...
Automated gait analysis in the open-field test for laboratory mice
Feb 01, 2009; ... In this article, an automated and accurate mouse observation method, based on a conventional test for motor function evaluation, is outlined. The proposed measurement technique was integrated in a regular open-field test, where the trajectory and locomotion of a free-moving mouse were measured ...
ChoiceKey: A real-time speech recognition program for psychology experiments with a small response set
Feb 01, 2009; ... Psychological experiments often collect choice responses using buttonpresses. However, spoken responses are useful in many cases-for example, when working with special clinical populations, or when a paradigm demands vocalization, or when accurate response time measurements are desired. In these ...
The maze task: Measuring forced incremental sentence processing time
Feb 01, 2009; ... The maze task is an online measure of sentence processing time that provides an alternative to the standard moving window version of self-paced reading. Rather than each word of the sentence being presented in succession, two words are presented at the same time, and the participant must choose ...
A new set of 84 colored nonobjects
Feb 01, 2009; ... In this article, we present 84 nonobjects we created by using the colored object pictures from Rossion and Pourtois (2004). These nonobjects were explored on a number of measures, including object resemblance, visual complexity, and an object decision task (ODT). Object resemblance for ...