I’m delighted to kick off this Digital Event called Research in Time of Crisis. This event is the brainchild of Stephan Lewandowsky, the previous Psychonomic Society Digital Content Editor, who approached me with the idea of focusing our Society’s online discussion on research in the time of crisis. Behavioral scientists have a large role to […]
Imagine that you’re in the center of a busy city watching a pedestrian traffic signal for your cue to walk. The green walking man gives the go-ahead and you start walking, a police car siren sounds and its emergency vehicle lighting flashes, capturing your attention, and sending you back to the sidewalk as the police […]
I met with Annika Boldt and Sam Gilbert (pictured below) to interview them about their paper recently published in the Psychonomic Society journal Cognitive Principles: Research and Implications called “Confidence guides spontaneous cognitive offloading.” When we do something to minimize cognitive demands, we are offloading. This is especially common when we write notes and set alerts, for […]
Jennifer Coane and I chatted about how her life as an academic has changed as a result of COVID-19, her recent paper with Kimberly Bourne, Sarah Boland, and Grace Arnold (pictured below) published in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, and what the results of that research may mean during these challenging times. The paper is called “Reading […]
Jonathon Crystal and I met online to talk about the first set of recommendations – to reduce face touching – made by the Behavioral Science Response to COVID-19 Working Group. Our hands are disease vectors, so by reducing the times we touch our faces, we reduce the chances of transferring the virus from our hands to […]
As I write this post, the coronavirus continues to spread across the world. In response, governments have put in place recommendations to self-isolate, create social (physical) distancing, or imposed flat-out lockdowns. One obvious implication for psychological researchers is that we can no longer conduct experiments face-to-face in our labs. Many of us have therefore been […]
There’s much talk about no longer doing “business as usual.” As scientists who have the potential to contribute to reducing the spread of COVID-19, how do we change our ways of doing “science as usual” to rapidly, and responsibly, disseminate information to policymakers and the public? Hahn, Lagnado, Lewandowsky, and Chater (pictured below) recently wrote a […]
I talk with Lauren Williams about the announcement of an upcoming Special Issue. Transcription Intro Curley: You’re listening to All Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Interview Mickes: Hi Lauren. Thanks for talking to me. Williams: Hi Laura. Mickes: So you’re going to be a Guest Editor for a Special Issue in the journal Cognitive Research Principles and Implications […]
My interview with Professor Stephen Lea continues. If you missed Part 1, go here before proceeding. My interview with Professor Stephen Lea continues. Transcription Intro Persaud: You’re listening to All Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Now, here is your host, Laura Mickes. Preface Mickes: Welcome back to my interview with Professor Stephen Lea. If you haven’t listened […]
I met with Stephen Lea to interview him about the Special Issue in his honor in the Psychonomic Society journal Learning & Behavior. The interview episode has two parts and could have had so many more. He has a fascinating career and is very interesting. The beginning of the episode features a brief interview with Lisa […]