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Researchers Investigate Problems with MTurk Data
Some psychological researchers and other social scientists are warning about a possible problem with survey data being collected through the widely-used online tool Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). The researchers recently detected a noticeable number of survey responses from repeating GPS coordinates, indicating the presence of possible bots with spoof accounts. More details on the issue can be found online (here and here), along with a proposed standardized procedure to test whether responses from repeating GPS coordinates provide evidentiary value.
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How Reflex Responses and Personality Play into the Bystander Effect
When asked about emergency situations, most people say they would spontaneously help another person. However, not everyone does so in real life, especially when there are other people around, a phenomenon known as the bystander
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How Humans Move With the Crowd
This field of study, Warren says, converged on the conclusion that complex group movements in humans and animals seem to follow three simple rules.
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When Accommodating Children’s Symptoms Hurts Them More Than It Helps
Most families would do anything to minimize the distress of a child with a mental disorder. However, some strategies for dealing with these challenges may not always be beneficial in the long-run, suggests a recent
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Boost Your Study Strategy With Retrieval and Distributed Practice
A roundup of the research evaluating five popular study strategies suggests that many students are missing two of the most powerful approaches to learning.
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Efficient Learners May Remember More Over Time
Healthy adults who learn information more quickly than their peers also have better long-term retention for the material despite spending less time studying it, a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the
