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2014-2015 Meta-Analyses on Working Memory Training for IQ and Working Memory

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Decision Making Survey 1. Review of 2014-2015 Meta-Analyses on Working Memory Training for IQ and Working Memory. By Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D. November 16, 2015. For some quick definitions, general intelligence (g). Is how smart we are, a single factor underlying our general cognitive ability. Working memory. Is our ability to manage our attention and goal focus. Meta-analyses. Most of the studies that address the issue of whether working memory training improves intelligence use a standard dual n-back wo...

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Review of 2015-2016 Studies on Brain Training for Depression & Anxiety

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Decision Making Survey 1. Brief Review of 2015-2016 Studies on Brain Training for Depression, Anxiety and Burnout. By Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D. November 18, 2015. Here I review the latest peer-reviewed studies and meta-analyses that look at the benefits of working memory and executive control brain training for depression and anxiety. For some quick definitions, working memory. Is our ability to manage our attention and goal focus. Meta-analyses. Major depressive disorder is a common disorder among adults...

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Publications - Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.

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Book Chapters and Papers. I am returning to publication submissions in 2015-2016. Ashton Smith, M. 2011) Functions of Unconscious and Conscious Affect and Emotion in the Regulation of Implicit and Explicit Motivated Behaviour: A Dual Process Account. In Dr. Didem Gökçay and Gülsen Yıldırım (Eds.),. Affective Computing and Interaction: Psychological, Cognitive and Neuroscientific Perspectives. Ashton Smith, M. 2012) The World We Point At. Two Shared Intentionality Accounts Of Uniquely Human Cognition.

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Decision-Making Competence. What Improves Decisions?

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Decision-Making Competence – What Improves Decision Making? Decision Making Competence Study. Decision-Making Study 1: Mark Ashton Smith and Matthew Checkley, 2012. In this study we construct a principle component analysis model of decision making competence. There were 143 respondents for survey 1. A majority of respondents were males (75%). The top five responding nationalities were: USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany. 71 individuals from the first set of respondents took the follow-up survey. Both DO...

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Research Ethics for Computerized Cognitive Training

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Research Ethics For Computerized Cognitive Training Interventions. Stanford Center for Longevity and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, in Berlin, released “A Consensus on the Brain-Training Industry From the Scientific Community,” (2013) a statement. Objecting “to the claim that brain games offer consumers a scientifically grounded avenue to reduce or reverse cognitive decline.”. 70 psychology, neuroscience, and gerontology professors in the area signed this letter. Findings are often not i...

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Proposals & Grant Applications : Mark Ashton Smith

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Proposals & Grant Applications. In recent work I have looked measures of, and predictors for, decision-making competence. The initial results of this self-report based research can be found here. Working Memory Training – Impact on Intelligence (G) and Cognitive Biases. For details of experiments click here. Game Theory, Cooperation vs Competition and Mind Reading. For details of this research click here. Normativity in Cognitive Development. For details of experiments click here. Subliminal Affective Pr...

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Teaching and Evaluations - Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.

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My teaching evaluations are consistently excellent, and above the faculty and department averages. For a pdf of a representative teaching evaluation click on the icon below. Introduction to Psychology – Year 1. Evolutionary Psychology – Year 2. Cognitive Psychology – Year 2. Biological Basis of Cognition – Year 2. Statistics and Research design – Year 2. Research Methods in Psychology – Year 3. Current Issues and Directions in Psychology – Year 4. Critical thinking – Year 4. Emotion and Motivation- Year 4.

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Collaborations - Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.

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Psychometric Testing for WM Training Interventions. I am currently collaborating with Yoni Donner at Stanford University, in online studies looking at pre and post-training measures of cognition before and after working memory training. The objective of the testing is to provide a kind of ‘cognitive profile’ where the criteria adopted are:. Fast but valid and reliable online tests – with an emphasis on optimization. Easily integrated with online intervention programs. Clearly interpretable for users.

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References - Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.

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Letters of Recommendation can be obtained from:. Radu Bogdan, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Director, the Cognitive Studies Program. New Orleans, LA 70118, USA. Annette Hohenberger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology. Middle East Technical University. İnönü Bulvarı, 06531, Ankara. Hohenberger@ii.metu.edu.tr. Wwwiimetu.edu.tr/ hohenberger/. Didem GÖKÇAY, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology. Cognitive Neuroscience Research Program. Middle East Technical University.