[TN-Bird] Birders of All Skill Levels Needed
- From: Thomas Palmeri <thomas.j.palmeri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:11:55 -0500
I wrote to the TN-Bird list several weeks ago to remark on how birders have
played such an important role in our understanding of how perception,
memory, and the brain change as people develop expertise in a highly visual
domain.
Our laboratory at Vanderbilt University is now looking for birders of all
levels of experience to participate in a large-scale project examining how
perception and memory for birds differ across novices, beginners, and
experts of all levels. We really do mean all levels of experience, from the
true beginner to the expert with decades of study.
We're now looking to significantly expand our pool of participants. Thanks
so much to those of you who participated in our initial round of tests. And
thanks in advance for your future participation as well.
These experiments are all online on the web. They measure your ability to
remember and identify birds and other animals and objects. Most experiments
are fairly short, taking about half an hour to complete. They can be done on
any computer, wherever and whenever you decide to do them, although we do
encourage you to do the experiments in a quiet place at a time when you
expect little interruption.
This is the web site for the experiments:
http://expertise.psy.vanderbilt.edu <http://expertise.psy.vanderbilt.edu/>
Once you register your own login id and password on the site, you will be
able to participate in any experiments that are available. We expect to add
new experiments over time.
Some experiments include a modest compensation.
If you have questions, please contact Michael Mack (michael.mack@xxxxxxxxx
<applewebdata://EE54D0BC-1BE6-4C95-A7AF-607A8E08E137/michael.mack@xxxxxxxxx>
) or Thomas Palmeri (thomas.j.palmeri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<applewebdata://EE54D0BC-1BE6-4C95-A7AF-607A8E08E137/thomas.j.palmeri@vander
bilt.edu> ) at Vanderbilt.
You can also learn more about the research we¹ve done by checking out our
laboratory web site: http://catlab.psy.vanderbilt.edu
<http://catlab.psy.vanderbilt.edu/> . The National Science Foundation and
the James S. McDonnell Foundation generously fund our research.
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