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Smart Phone, Smart Science: How the Use of Smartphones Can Revolutionize Research in Cognitive Science
Aileen McgonigalOlivier SasburgMelvin J. YapJonathan GraingerJon Andoni DuñabeitiaStéphane DufauLudovic FerrandDavid PeetersF.-xavier AlarioJohannes C. ZieglerKathy RastleManuel PereaMaria KtoriManuel CarreirasDavid A. BalotaCarmen Moret-tatayMarc Brysbaertsubject
Cognitive scienceSocial and Behavioral SciencesPsycholinguistics[SCCO]Cognitive scienceCognitionEngineering0302 clinical medicineSoftwareSoftware DesignPsychologyMedicineAttentionComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSLanguageCognitive scienceFaculty of Science\PsychologyLEXICAL DECISION TASKMultidisciplinaryPsycholinguisticsQ05 social sciencesRExperimental psychologySoftware EngineeringCognitionDIFFUSION-MODEL ACCOUNTExperimental economicsTest (assessment)SemanticsResearch facilitiesMental HealthComputers Handheld[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/PsychologyMedicineInformation TechnologyResearch ArticleExperimental psychologyScienceCognitive NeuroscienceCell phonesSemantics050105 experimental psychologyDatabases03 medical and health sciencesMemoryHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesChemistry (relationship)BiologyBehaviorbusiness.industryResearchCognitive PsychologyBiology and Life SciencesReproducibility of ResultsComputer ScienceAttention (Behavior)businessCell PhoneSoftware030217 neurology & neurosurgeryNeurosciencedescription
WOS:000295936900019; International audience; 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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-28 |