Click here to read Data on the Mind For this Featured Project, we're talking to Dave Vinson, a Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive and Information Sciences at the University of California, Merced. Some of his recent work explored whether a basic psychophysiological phenomenon -- sequential dependence -- might be predictive of higher-level behavior in more naturalistic settings. He and his coauthors decided to tap into the massive Yelp dataset to understand the real-world effects of sequential dependence. In this interview, he shared his thoughts on the challenges and rewards of working with big data as a cognitive scientist. READ MORE.... |