Smart Phone, Smart Science: How the Use of Smartphones Can Revolutionize Research in Cognitive Science

Investigating human cognitive faculties such as language, attention, and memory most often relies on testing small and homogeneous groups of volunteers coming to research facilities where they are asked to participate in behavioral experiments. We show that this limitation and sampling bias can be o...

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Autores: Dufau, Stephane, Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni, Moret Tatay, María del Carmen, McGonigal, Aileen, Peeters, David, Alario, F.-Xavier, Balota, David A., Brysbaert, Marc, Carreiras, Manuel, Ferrand, Ludovic, Ktori, Maria, Perea, Manuel, Rastle, Kathy, Sasburg, Olivier, Yap, Melvin J., Ziegler, Johannes C., Grainger, Jonathan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Repositorio:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/5588
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/5588
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Human cognitive faculties
Language
Attention
Memory
Smartphone technology
Cognitive science
61 Psicología
3304 Tecnología de Los Ordenadores
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Sumario:Investigating human cognitive faculties such as language, attention, and memory most often relies on testing small and homogeneous groups of volunteers coming to research facilities where they are asked to participate in behavioral experiments. We show that this limitation and sampling bias can be overcome by using smartphone technology to collect data in cognitive science experiments from thousands of subjects from all over the world. This mass coordinated use of smartphones creates a novel and powerful scientific ‘‘instrument’’ that yields the data necessary to test universal theories of cognition. This increase in power represents a potential revolution in cognitive science.

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