Cognitive Studies 201
Psychology 201
Visual Studies 201

Cognitive Science in Context Laboratory
Spring 2005

Laboratory Module Authors
Driving Module Manual
Mr. Leon G. Rozenblit	Yale University	leonid.rozenblit@yale.edu
Subliminal Perception Module Manual
Nicholas Epley	University of Chicago	nepley@gsb.uchicago.edu
Neural Network Module Manual
Mr.Elvis Au	Wind-Up Records	ea25@cornell.edu
Dr. Whitney Tabor (Consultant)	University of Connecticut	whitney.tabor@uconn.edu
Signal Detection Module Manual
Dr. Douglas R. Elrod	Cornell University	dre1@cornell.edu
Prism Adaptation Module Manual
Dr. Douglas R. Elrod	Cornell University	dre1@cornell.edu
CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment Module Manual
Dr. Douglas R. Elrod	Cornell University	dre1@cornell.edu

Cognitive Science in Context Program Directors
Professor Bruce P. Halpern	bph1@cornell.edu
Professor Ulric Neisser	un13@cornell.edu

Cornell Course Roster listing (classroom, class times), Spring 2005
[Note: The room is missing from the Course Roster listing.
The class meets in UH 205 (Room 205, Uris Hall).]

• Course Description for Spring 2005

  The principal goal of this course is to develop a "hands on" understanding of how researchers conduct experiments in cognitive psychology with an emphasis on applied aspects. The course centers around projects in which you will collect data, analyze the results and write reports. The class will begin with a set of "canned" experiments and proceed to experiments requiring more creativity and ingenuity on your part. In the process, you will be expected to develop the ability to ask good questions, research the question and develop the appropriate experiment. The class sessions Tuesdays and Thursdays will involve lectures, discussions, and laboratory.

• Course Schedule for Spring 2005
  1. First 1 1/2 weeks (Stage I)

     Run through fourteen predesigned experiments.
     (Report informal results for ten of these to mailing list, turn in two-page descriptions of your results for the remaining four. Make sure to check whether your results agree with what has been seen before, and try to explain differences, if you see them.)

  2. Next 6 weeks (Stage II)

     Run through 4 modules (as time allows)

     1. Prism adaptation
     2. Driving with a Cellular Phone.
     3. Subliminal Perception.
     4. Neural Networks.

     Demonstrations of New Technologies.

     1. Virtual Reality
     2. Eye Tracker
     3. Neural Networks

  (5-10 page reports in APA format with references.
  See Thomas Farmer's guidelines for more tips.)
• Prelim
  
• Last six weeks (Stage III)

  Conduct an independent experiment.
  (10-20 pages total with references).

General Information for
COGST 201/PSYCH 201/VISST 201

1. Laboratory Access
   • Students in the course will normally have full access to the Cognitive Science in Context Teaching Laboratory (CSICTL) rooms 206, 208, and 257 in Uris Hall during the Spring 2005 semester. In addition, Uris 205 will be available for COGST 201/PSYCH 201/VISST 201 use each day during the afternoon, and can be scheduled for other times through the Cognitive Studies in Context Program Office, 282 Uris Hall, csic@cornell.edu, 5-3913.
2. Necessary Equipment to Purchase
   • Writeable CDs (CD-R or CD-RW) or zip disks (two are recommended, so that a backup can be made). If zip disks are used, it's best for at least one of these to be Mac-formatted. One should be IBM-formatted if you need to transfer data to/from an IBM-compatible computer.
   • 3.5" floppy disk, formatted for IBM-compatibles (two are recommended, so that a backup can be made).
   • There is no textbook. Assigned and background readings are on reserve at Uris Library and/or in Uris 208. The course WWW page, which you are reading now, should also be consulted.
3. General Course Writing Requirements
   • Comments and questions on the assigned readings in the laboratory module presently being done in the CSICTL must be submitted to the course mailing list, CogStudInContextLab201-L, IN ADVANCE of each Tuesday or Thursday morning class period. In order to submit comments and questions to the mailing list, students must subscribe to CogStudInContextLab201-L. The mailing list is described below.
   • Brief, Informal Reports of Each Component of a Laboratory Module. The laboratory modules are divided into a series of exercises. After each exercise is completed in the laboratory, and an initial data analysis done, a brief, informal, one or two page description of the results, and of any problems or special situations encountered, will be submitted to CogStudInContextLab201-L by each student. This will essentially be an electronic version of a laboratory notebook. It is intended to briefly indicate what actually was done, what the general results were, and what difficulties were encountered.
4. Grading
   • The emphasis of this course will be on experiments. We will be discussing some classic experiments as well as our own experiments.

   Grade Weighting
   Discussion	10%
   Canned experiment reports	16%
   Phase II Projects	32%
   Prelim. exam	12%
   Advanced Project	30%

The Cognitive Studies 201 Electronic Mailing List

NOTE:

1. The mailing list name must be entered EXACTLY as shown, that is
   1. No blank spaces within the name.
   2. The C in Cog, the S in Stud, the I in In, the C in Context, the L in Lab, and the final L, are capitalized, while all other letters are lower case.
   3. There must be a dash - between the 1 or 201 and the final L of the mailing list, that is, 1-L
   4. The easiest way to avoid errors in the mailing list name is to copy the entire subscription command string, as given above, paste it into the body of an email message addressed to listproc@cornell.edu and replace firstname lastname in the command string with your first name and last name. There should be NO text in your message before the beginning of the command string.
2. Your name should be entered as it appears on the Cornell electronic mail system. That is most typically your 'formal' first name and your last name. If you are unsure how your name appears, use Electronic Directory from the Bear Access Launch Pad or Directory Services (Special pull-down menu) from Eudora, to check. Enter your last name, or first and last names, and click on the Ph button, or your NetID (e.g., xyz99) and click on Finger. When you enter your first and last name into the command string to send to listproc@cornell.edu do NOT include middle initials.
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