Techniques of Laboratorial Research in Cognitive Psychology

Recommended Prerequisites

The general admission criteria for  the PhD program apply

Teaching Methods

Lectures (on a reduced number of classes); practical exercises and laboratorial research assignments (for the most part).

Learning Outcomes

Introducing software tools and experimental devices for laboratorial research in cognitive psychology.

Providing adequate theories and methods of psychological measurement

Fostering skills in cognitive modeling.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Experimental Software

CNS and PNS psychophysiology.

Eye Tracking

Voice analysis and Facial Coding Systems

Development and calibration of stimulus materials

Cognitive Modeling

Cognitive Psychophysics and Functional Measurement

Head Lecturer(s)

Armando Luís Diniz Mónica de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Evaluation
Type A examination (written exam): 50.0%
Type B examination (review/empirical work): 50.0%

Bibliography

J. T. Caccioppo, L. G. Tassinari, G. G. Berntson (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of Psychophysiology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Duchowski, A. (2003). Eye Tracking Methodology: Theory and Practice. London: Springer.

H. Pashler (2002). Steven’s Handdbook of Experimental Psychology (3rd ). Vol.4. Methodology in Experimental Psychology. New York: John Willey & Sons. [*não existente na BFPCE]

T. C. Handy (Ed.) (2005). Event-Related Potentials : A Methods Handbook. London: A Bradford Book The MIT Press.

J. A. Harrigan, R. B. Rosenthal, K. L. Scherer (Eds). (2008). The New Handbook of Methods in Nonverbal Behavior Research. New York: Oxford University Press. [*não existente na BFPCE] Behavior Research Methods (ProQuest)

Geissler, H. G., Link, S., & Townsend, J. T. (1992). Cognition, Information Processing and Psychophysics: Basic Issues, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates