Society for Mathematical Psychology
1995 Annual Meeting
August 3-6, 1995
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/smp/program.html
Invited Speakers
Persi Diaconis
Rainer Mausfeld
Zygmunt Pizlo
Symposium
Machine Learning
Sessions
Categorization
Cognition
Information Processing I,
II
Judgement, Decision & Choice I,
II
Knowledge Spaces
Learning & Memory
Measurement
Methodology & Statistics
Sensation & Perception I,
II
Program Committee:
William H. Batchelder
Charlie Chubb
Michael D'Zmura
Jean-Claude Falmagne
Thursday Evening, August 3
Registration
Campus Village Community Center
5:00PM - 9:00PM
Reception
Faculty Club
6:00PM
Friday Morning, August 4
Knowledge Spaces
Emerald Bay A
9:00AM - 12:15PM, Friday, August 4
Chairperson: Cornelia Dowling
- 9:00am Eric Cosyn & Nicolas Thiery, UC Irvine:
A practical procedure to build a knowledge structure
- 9:25am Dietrich Albert, Karl-Franzens Universitaet Graz:
Surmise relation between tests
- 9:50am Cord Hockemeyer & Cornelia E. Dowling, Technische
Universitaet Braunschweig:
Using the basis of a knowledge
space for knowledge assessment
- 10:15am Tea and Coffee Break
- 10:35am Rainer Kaluscha & Cornelia E. Dowling,
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig:
A comparison of strategies for
query programs
- 11:00am Andreas Ludwig & Joern Winkelmann,
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig:
A shell for the adaptive
assessment of knowledge
- 11:25am Nicolas Thiery, UC Irvine:
Internet application of knowledge space theory
- 11:50am Erich Weichselgartner, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft,
Munich: Using Wide Area Information Systems for research and
publication
- 12:15pm Lunch Break
JMP Board Lunch Meeting
Crescent Bay A
Sensation & Perception I
Emerald Bay Room B
9:00AM - 12:15PM, Friday, August 4
Chairperson: Herve Abdi
- 9:00am Ki-Ho Jeon, UC Irvine:
Testing computational algorithms of structure-from-motion
- 9:25am Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov, University of Illinois:
An extended labeled line principle in visual motion detection
- 9:50am D. Valentin, Herve Abdi & Alice J. O'Toole,
University of Texas at Dallas:
3D face recognition:
invariant representation vs. multiple view representation
- 10:15am Tea and coffee break
- 10:35am George Sperling & Zhong-Lin Lu, UC Irvine:
Deriving the properties of contrast gain control in visual motion
perception
- 11:00am Cheng-Hsien Li, Charles Chubb* and
Michael D'Zmura, UC Irvine and Rutgers University*: A histogram
contrast analysis of color texture segmentation
- 11:25am Zhong-Lin Lu & George Sperling, UC Irvine:
Modelling the three systems of human visual motion perception
- 11:50am Stefania Za, Michael D'Zmura & Geoffrey Iverson:
Analysis of contrast gain control
- 12:15pm Lunch break
Judgement, Decision and Choice I
Monarch Bay A
9:00AM - 12:15PM, Friday, August 4
Chairperson: Michel Regenwetter
- 9:00am Tarow Indow, UC Irvine:
Weibull forms from heterogeneous populations
- 9:25am Michel Regenwetter, Jean-Claude Falmagne &
Bernard Grofman, UC Irvine:
A stochastic analysis of panel data from the
1992 Presidential Election
- 9:50am John I. Yellott, Jr., UC Irvine:
Ranking models and reversibility
- 10:15am Tea and coffee break
- 10:35am Michael H. Birnbaum & Jacqueline Zimmermann,
Cal. State Fullerton: Rank-dependent
configural weighting of evidence from sources of varied expertise as a
function of the judge's point of view
- 11:00am Stephen D. Roberts, University of Texas
at Arlington:
An empirical study of behavioral strategies on
a serial decision task
- 11:25am Mary Kay Stevenson, Purdue University and Cal.
State Fullerton:
The uncertainty of future outcomes: assessing
the variance of utilities
- 11:50am Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz, University of
Texas at Arlington: Modeling rational coordination and communication
- 12:15pm Lunch break
Friday Afternoon, August 4
Symposium: Machine Learning
Monarch Bay A
1:30PM - 3:50PM, Friday, August 4
Organizer: Patrick Suppes
Chairperson: William H. Batchelder
- 1:30pm David Rumelhart, Stanford University:
Learning to recognize cursive handwriting: a
connectionist approach
- 2:30pm Patrick Suppes, Stanford University:
Machine learning of natural language: prospects
and problems
- 3:50pm Tea and coffee break
Invited Address
Monarch Bay A
4:10PM, Friday, August 4
Chairperson: Jean-Claude Falmagne
Persi Diaconis, Harvard University: Exact vs. approximate inference
Reception and 28th Anniversary Banquet
Silverado Court / Mesa Court -- 6:00PM
Saturday Morning, August 5
Measurement
Emerald Bay A
9:00AM - 10:15AM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: Janos Aczel
- 9:00am Francois Bavaud, Universite de Lausanne:
Context-dependent utilities and
non-transitive preferences
- 9:25am Janos Aczel, University of Waterloo:
Consistent aggregation and generalized bisymmetry
- 9:50am Tea and coffee break
Cognition
Emerald Bay A
10:35AM - 12:15PM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: Vincent Brown
- 10:35am Richard M. Golden, University of
Texas at Dallas: A temporal Markov random field model
of story recall
- 11:00am Vincent Brown, Michael Tumeo & Paul B. Paulus,
University of Texas at Arlington: A model
of cognitive interactions in group brainstorming
- 11:25am And U. Turken, F. Gregory Ashby & Alice M. Isen,
UC Santa Barbara: Cognition
and affect: building biochemically plausible connectionist models
- 11:50am Scott Graham, Zygmunt Pizlo & Anupam Joshi,
Purdue University: Problem solving
in human beings and computers
- 12:15pm Lunch break
Executive Committee Lunch Meeting
Crescent Bay A
Sensation & Perception II
Monarch Bay A
9:00AM - 12:15PM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: Jan Droesler
- 9:00am J.D. Balakrishnan & F. Gregory Ashby*,
Purdue University and UC Santa Barbara*: Perceptual
dimensions in the ideal observerz
- 9:25am Jan Droesler, Universitaet Regensburg:
Relations between hyperbolic perceptual
spaces, Weber's law, Fechner's law and Luce's choice axiom
- 9:50am Stephen Link, McMaster University:
Wave theory, Weber's constant, and
Stevens' exponent
- 10:15am Tea and coffee break
- 10:35am Jonathan A. Marshall & Vinay S. Gupta,
University of Carolina at Chapel Hill: Generalization
and exclusive allocation in perceptual learning
- 11:00am Richard G. Swensson, Harvard
Medical School: Using localization to improve estimates
of detection
- 11:25am Rajesh Venugopalan & J.D. Balakrishnan,
Purdue University: A distribution-free
measure of response bias, and a reinterpretation of classical data
- 11:50pm Lunch break
Learning & Memory
Emerald Bay B
9:00AM - 12:15PM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: Xiangen Hu
- 9:00am Mark Chappell & James L. McClelland,
Carnegie Mellon University: Modeling the mirror
effect using probabilistic representations
- 9:25am Richard A. Chechile, Tufts University:
Population-parameter mapping
estimation and comparing models
- 9:50am Xiangen Hu, University of Memphis:
Multi-reference description systems--a possible
model of working memory
- 10:15am Tea and coffee break
- 10:35am Michael J. Kahana, Brandeis University:
The recognition-recall relation in
convolution-correlation memory models
- 11:00am Bennett Murdock, University of Toronto:
Item and associative information in
TODAM2: more revisions?
- 11:25am Daryl D. Ohrt & Scott D. Gronlund,
University of Oklahoma: List-length effect:
controls and theoretical implications
- 12:15pm Lunch break
Saturday Afternoon, August 5
Methodology & Statistics
Emerald Bay A
1:30PM - 3:55PM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: Ece Kumbasar
- 1:30pm Jerome R. Busemeyer & Yi-Min Mindy Wang,
Purdue University: Evaluation of
methods for comparing scientific models
- 1:55pm Ece Kumbasar, University of Groningen:
Statistical models for cognitive social
network data
- 2:20pm In Jae Myung & Mark Pitt, Ohio State University:
Applying Occam's razor in
model selection: a Bayesian approach
- 2:45pm Tea and coffee break
- 3:05pm Scott A. Ottaway & Richard J. Harris,
University of New Mexico: A simple
finite-intersection procedure for conducting post-hoc complex
contrasts
- 3:30pm Yuri Quiralte & Gregg Gold*,
Cal State University Northridge and UCLA*: Comparisons of type I and II
error robustness between the t and Hotelling's tau squared tests
- 3:55pm Short break
Categorization
Emerald Bay B
1:30PM - 3:55PM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: Robert M. Nosofsky
- 1:30pm Leola A. Alfonso-Reese & F. Gregory Ashby,
UC Santa Barbara: Competition between logical and
implicit rules in category learning
- 1:55pm W. Todd Maddox, Arizona State University:
On the dangers of averaging across subjects
when comparing decision bound and exemplar models of categorization
- 2:20pm Robert M. Nosofsky & Thomas J. Palmeri,
Indiana University: Exemplar-based random-walk
model of speeded classification
- 2:45pm Tea and coffee break
- 3:05pm Stephan Lewandowsky &
Danko Nikolic, University of
Western Australia, Nedlands and University of
Oklahoma: A connectionist approach to
modeling the effects of automation on performance
- 3:30pm Scott Richman, University of California,
Irvine: Flicker motion
- 3:55pm Break
Information Processing I
Monarch Bay A
1:30PM - 3:55PM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: John Palmer
- 1:30pm Serguei I. Tichtchenko, Ohio State University:
Response time distribution for
a random walk model of identification
- 1:55pm John Palmer, University of Washington:
Imperfect, independent, parallel search
yields large set-size effects
- 2:20pm Robin D. Thomas, Indiana University:
Relating identification performance and
same-different judgments
- 2:45pm Tea and coffee break
- 3:05pm Yung-Fong Hsu, UC Irvine:
Estimate of the starting point of signal
initiated RTs using time estimation paradigm
- 3:30pm Marius Usher & James McClelland,
Carnegie Mellon University: Time course of
information accrual in choice reaction time
- 3:55pm Short break
Invited Address
Monarch Bay A
4:10PM, Saturday, August 5
Chairperson: Michael D'Zmura
Rainer Mausfeld, Universitaet Kiel: The coding of color: from Grassman
codes to dual codes for object and illuminant colors
Society for Mathematical Psychology Business Meeting
Monarch Bay A -- 5:15PM
Invited Address
Monarch Bay A
9:00AM, Sunday, August 6
Chairperson: John I. Yellott, Jr.
Zygmunt Pizlo, Purdue University: Geometrical models in psychology
- 10:15am Tea and coffee break
Information Processing II
Monarch Bay A
10:35AM - 12:15PM, Sunday, August 6
Chairperson: Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov
- 10:35am Thaddeus M. Cowan, Kansas
State University: Orchestration theory
- 11:00am Jeffrey N. Rouder & Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov*,
UC Irvine and University of Illinois U-C*: Empirical
discriminability of two models for stochastic relationship
between additive components of response time
- 11:25am Jeff Pressing, University
of Melbourne: Nonlinear error correction in
cognitive processes: the effects of information in dynamical
modelling of movement production
- 12:15pm Lunch
Judgement, Decision & Choice II
Emerald Bay A
10:35AM - 12:15PM, Sunday, August 6
Chairperson: William E. Gutowski
- 10:35am William E. Gutowski, Mount Auburn Hospital:
A neural network theory of compulsive gambling
- 11:00am Robert M. Hamm, University of Oklahoma:
Lotteries for measuring attitude toward uncertain
life durations
- 11:25am David J. Weiss & Jennifer K. Black,
Cal. State Los Angeles: Cognitive components of the decision to rape
- 11:50pm Break and Lunch
Society for Mathematical Psychology