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EMC2; An R Package for cognitive models of choice

We introduce EMC2, an R package for the Bayesian hierarchical analysis of cognitive models of choice. EMC2 bridges the gap between standard regression analyses and cognitive modeling through linear-model specifica- tions for each type of …

Joint Modelling of Latent Cognitive Mechanisms Shared Across Decision-Making Domains

Decision-making behavior is often understood using the framework of evidence accumulation models (EAMs). Nowadays, EAMs are applied to various domains of decision-making with the underlying assumption that the latent cognitive constructs proposed by …

FluTracking; Weekly online community-based surveillance of influenza-like illness in Australia, 2019 Annual Report

FluTracking provided evidence for an early, long, but moderate influenza season in the Australian community compared to prior years. Influenza-like illness (ILI) activity in 2019 peaked earlier (week ending 16 June) than any season on record in …

Investigating Intra-Individual Networks of Response Inhibition and Interference Resolution using 7T MRI

Response inhibition and interference resolution are often considered subcomponents of an overarching inhibition system that utilizes the so-called cortico-basal-ganglia loop. Up until now, most previous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Modeling Distraction; How Stimulus-driven Attention Capture Influences Goal-directed Behavior

The importance of paying attention to a task at hand is emphasized from an early age and extends throughout life. The costs of attentional focus, however, include the potential to miss important changes in the environment, so some process for …

Structure-function similarities in deep brain stimulation targets cross-species

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an effective neurosurgical treatment to alleviate motor symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s disease. Due to its potential, DBS usage is rapidly expanding to target a large number of brain regions to treat a wide range of …

The Effects of Increased Visual Information on Cognitive Workload in a Helicopter Simulator

To test the effects of enhanced display information (“symbology”) on cognitive workload in a simulated helicopter environment, using the detection response task (DRT). Workload in highly demanding environments can be influenced by the amount of …

Using Past and Present Indicators of Human Workload to Explain Variance in Human Performance

Cognitive workload is assumed to influence performance due to resource competition. However, there is a lack of evidence for a direct relationship between changes in workload within an individual over time and changes in that individual’s …

A Broader Application of the Detection Response Task to Cognitive Tasks and Online Environments.

The present research applied a well-established measure of cognitive workload in driving literature to an in-lab paradigm. We then extended this by comparing the in-lab version of the task to an online version. The accurate and objective measurement …

Assessing cross-modal interference in the detection response task

The detection response task (DRT) is a measure of workload that can assess the cognitive demands of real-world multitasking. It can be configured to present simple stimuli of several modalities, including auditory and visual signals. However, the …