Research study
« Older Entries |Cuteologists unite!
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009If you know me, you know that I’m a big fan of Cute Overload. Puppies! Kitties! It’s my go-to site during lunch breaks. Also, I tell every woman I meet about it (yes, I’m aware that I’m being unbelievably sexist there, but most guys I know don’t get the attraction of teh kute).
Anyway, apparently, if […]
Increased interestingness of extraneous details in a multimedia science presentation leads to decreased learning
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008This study should be of interest to the computer-mediated learning folks: Richard E. Mayer, Emily Griffith, Ilana T. N.Jurkowitz, and Daniel Rothman, Increased interestingness of extraneous details in a multimedia science presentation leads to decreased learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Vol 14(4), Dec 2008, 329-339.
In Experiment 1, students received an illustrated […]
Interacting with Computers and that numbering system
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008I have just finished the review for a paper that was submitted to Interacting with Computers. This is the eighth paper I’ve reviewed for them and every time I do, I pest about the same damned thing. Among the various fields they want us to fill out when we submit our review, one of them […]
Experimental validity in virtual worlds
Thursday, March 13th, 2008John Duffy wrote a paper entitled Trust in Second Life (pdf) concerning a virtual experimental lab from Tufts University in Second Life. Duffy deplores the fact that he was able to lie about his demographic information before the set-up of the experiment, that he knew what the study was about (meaning he could have easily […]
Eyeballing the data
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007I’ve started to eyeball the data from the study on the impact of contradictory emotional information on people’s opinion of their interlocutor. At the moment, I’ve got recognition data for the conditions when the text and the face were congruent (i.e., happy story combined with happy face). Results are quite similar for both human and […]
Useful procrastination
Monday, July 16th, 2007Looking for some way of avoiding work for a bit? Why not make yourself feel good while you’re procrastinating by participating in an online research project on procrastination?
Apparently, I’m 47% of a procrastinator, which puts me firmly in the middle. That’s a good thing, right?
