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Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, A. M., Niemeyer, K. E., Katz, D. S., Barba, L. A., Githinji, G., Gymrek, M., Huff, K. D., Madan, C. R., Mayes, A. C., Moerman, K. M., Prins, P., Ram, K., Rokem, A., Teal, T. K., Valls Guimera, R., & Vanderplas, J. T. (in press). Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review. PeerJ Computer Science, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.147

This article describes the motivation, design, and progress of the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS). JOSS is a free and open-access journal that publishes articles describing research software. It has the dual goals of improving the quality of... Read More about Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review.

Predicting age from cortical structure across the lifespan (2018)
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Madan, C. R., & Kensinger, E. A. (2018). Predicting age from cortical structure across the lifespan. European Journal of Neuroscience, 47(5), 399-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13835

Despite inter-individual differences in cortical structure, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have demonstrated a large degree of population-level consistency in age-related differences in brain morphology. The present study assessed how accur... Read More about Predicting age from cortical structure across the lifespan.

Prototypical actions with objects are more easily imagined than atypical actions (2018)
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Madan, C. R., Ng, A., & Singhal, A. (2018). Prototypical actions with objects are more easily imagined than atypical actions. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 30(3), 314-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2018.1429448

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Tool use is an important facet of everyday life, though sometimes it is necessary to use tools in ways that do not fit within their typical functions. Here we asked participants to imagi... Read More about Prototypical actions with objects are more easily imagined than atypical actions.

Teaching the science of learning (2018)
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Weinstein, Y., Madan, C. R., & Sumeracki, M. A. (2018). Teaching the science of learning. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications / Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications - a SpringerOpen journal, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-017-0087-y

The science of learning has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of effective teaching and learning strategies. However, few instructors outside of the field are privy to this research. In this Tutorial Review, we focus on six specif... Read More about Teaching the science of learning.

Visual complexity and affect: ratings reflect more than meets the eye (2018)
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Madan, C. R., Bayer, J., Gamer, M., Lonsdorf, T. B., & Sommer, T. (2018). Visual complexity and affect: ratings reflect more than meets the eye. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 2368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02368

Pictorial stimuli can vary on many dimensions, several aspects of which are captured by the term ‘visual complexity.’ Visual complexity can be described as, “a picture of a few objects, colors, or structures would be less complex than a very colorful... Read More about Visual complexity and affect: ratings reflect more than meets the eye.

Shape-related characteristics of age-related differences in subcortical structures (2018)
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Madan, C. R. (2019). Shape-related characteristics of age-related differences in subcortical structures. Aging and Mental Health, 23(7), 800-810. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1421613

OBJECTIVES: With an increasing aging population, it is important to gain a better understanding of biological markers of aging. Subcortical volume is known to differ with age; additionally considering shape-related characteristics may provide a bette... Read More about Shape-related characteristics of age-related differences in subcortical structures.

Cue integration in spatial search for jointly learned landmarks but not for separately learned landmarks. (2017)
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Du, Y., McMillan, N., Madan, C. R., Spetch, M. L., & Mou, W. (2017). Cue integration in spatial search for jointly learned landmarks but not for separately learned landmarks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43(12), 1857-1871. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000416

The authors investigated how humans use multiple landmarks to locate a goal. Participants searched for a hidden goal location along a line between 2 distinct landmarks on a computer screen. On baseline trials, the location of the landmarks and goal v... Read More about Cue integration in spatial search for jointly learned landmarks but not for separately learned landmarks..

A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] (2017)
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Tennant, J. P., Dugan, J. M., Graziotin, D., Jacques, D. C., Waldner, F., Mietchen, D., Elkhatib, Y., Collister, L. B., Pikas, C. K., Crick, T., Masuzzo, P., Caravaggi, A., Berg, D. R., Niemeyer, K. E., Ross-Hellauer, T., Mannheimer, S., Rigling, L., Katz, D. S., Tzovaras, B. G., Pacheco-Mendoza, J., …Colomb, J. (2017). A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 6, Article 1151. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.12037.3

Peer review of research articles is a core part of our scholarly communication system. In spite of its importance, the status and purpose of peer review is often contested. What is its role in our modern digital research and communications infrastruc... Read More about A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review [version 3; peer review: 2 approved].

Motivated cognition: effects of reward, emotion, and other motivational factors across a variety of cognitive domains (2017)
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Madan, C. R. (2017). Motivated cognition: effects of reward, emotion, and other motivational factors across a variety of cognitive domains. Collabra: Psychology, 3(1), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.111

A growing body of literature has demonstrated that motivation influences cognitive processing. The breadth of these effects is extensive and span influences of reward, emotion, and other motivational processes across all cognitive domains. As example... Read More about Motivated cognition: effects of reward, emotion, and other motivational factors across a variety of cognitive domains.

Noncontact measurement of emotional and physiological changes in heart rate from a webcam (2017)
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Madan, C. R., Harrison, T., & Mathewson, K. E. (2018). Noncontact measurement of emotional and physiological changes in heart rate from a webcam. Psychophysiology, 55(4), e13005. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13005

© 2017 Society for Psychophysiological Research Heart rate, measured in beats per minute, can be used as an index of an individual's physiological state. Each time the heart beats, blood is expelled and travels through the body. This blood flow can b... Read More about Noncontact measurement of emotional and physiological changes in heart rate from a webcam.