Computational Modeling of Cognition and Behavior

Synopsis

Computational modeling is now ubiquitous in psychology, and researchers who are not modelers may find it increasingly difficult to follow the theoretical developments in their field. This book presents an integrated framework for the development and application of models in psychology and related disciplines. Researchers and students are given the knowledge and tools to interpret models published in their area, as well as to develop, fit, and test their own models. Both the development of models and key features of any model are covered, as are the applications of models in a variety of domains across the behavioural sciences. A number of chapters are devoted to fitting models using maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, including fitting hierarchical and mixture models. Model comparison is described as a core philosophy of scientific inference, and the use of models to understand theories and advance scientific discourse is explained. Covers both basic and advanced topics to appeal to students and researchers alike. Provides a framework for using models in a variety of domains across psychology and related disciplines. Describes the application of models by walking through code written in R, a popular and free statistical programming language

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781108547147

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Date of Addition:

02/08/18

Copyrighted By:

Simon Farrell, Stephan Lewandowsky

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Psychology, Mathematics and Statistics

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