To learn cognitive modeling and its background knowledge as tools.
Assignments
Assignment 1 :?Proving the angle-sum identities
Assignment 2 : Derivatives, cosine similarity, thoughts on categorization models
Assignment 3 : Derivatives, C programming
Assignment 4 :?Derivatives, C programming
Assignment 5 : Integration, C programming
Assignment 6 : Integration by parts, Taylor series, C programming
Assignment 7 : Exponential distribution, the Poisson process in neuroscience
Assignment 8 : The expectation of the Gamma distribution, the Logan’s instance theory, exponential decay
Assignment 9 : Implementation of the prototype model in the textbook
Assignment 10 : Implementation of the exemplar model in the textbook
Assignment 11 : Reading
Suggested Readings
In the textbook
Busemeyer, J. R., & Diederich, A. (2010). Introduction to cognitive modeling. In?Cognitive modeling (pp. 1-7). Sage.
Busemeyer, J. R., & Diederich, A. (2010). Qualitative model comparisons. In?Cognitive modeling (pp. 9-42). Sage.
Busemeyer, J. R., & Diederich, A. (2010). Nonlinear parameter estimation. In?Cognitive modeling (pp. 43-83). Sage.
Busemeyer, J. R., & Diederich, A. (2010). Application to choice and response time measures. In?Cognitive modeling (pp. 85-120). Sage.
Papers
Wixted, J. T., & Ebbesen, E. B. (1991). On the form of forgetting. Psychological science, 2(6), 409-415.
Sternberg, S. (1966). High-speed scanning in human memory. Science, 153(3736), 652-654.
Donkin, C., & Nosofsky, R. M. (2012). The structure of short-term memory scanning: An investigation using response time distribution models. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19(3), 363-394.
Logan, G. D. (1988). Toward an instance theory of automatization. Psychological review, 95(4), 492.
Van Zandt, T., Colonius, H., & Proctor, R. W. (2000). A comparison of two response time models applied to perceptual matching. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7(2), 208-256.