Shawnus

Hello, first time poster! Was looking for some advice from those a little more experienced than me. I have to run my own study for my degree course (I have a couple of days to design and run the study on about 20 people) and I am thinking of testing the visuo-spatial component of Baddeley's working memory model. So I wanted to use a location learning test to see if participants remember the location of a picture in the grid or if I ask them which grid square they can tell me which picture was there (so backwards and forwards recall). One condition will be the pictures in the grid will be related to each other in some way, the other condition will have unrelated pictures. I want to demonstrate that learning and remembering locations will be easier if the items are related to each other, I think related pictures are interesting as they have greater ecological validity than random images or other tests like corsi block tapping. I want to use just pictures and not words as I only want to test the visuo-spatial component of WM and not the phonological loop or have it interfere. Now my question is does this sound workable? I've been reading about location learning tests but is there another name for this type of test? And any other general feedback really. Thanks a bunch.

Why do we smile when we see something we like? Smiling at people I get...but if I see something witty, or even beautiful..I smile. I have big happy smiles, mildly amused ones, mischievous smiles (my favourite). It comes naturally..I couldn't control it, without conditioning, nor would I want to.

Hello ladies and gents. Submitted so no longer applicable. Thanks anyway guys.

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That is fascinating. I was also reading this article: https://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/news/2011/high-fetal-testosterone-triggers-autism-british-group-says Obviously this is my homework thread And I am going off on a tangent and won't be able to include much of this in my essay..but damn you guys if you don't share interesting links that distract me..

Thank you for your replies. If you do come across the link to that research it would be greatly appreciated. I am finding it a very interesting topic. All the best.

Hello, just a quick question, I am writing a little piece about theory of mind and I someone asked me something that should be obvious to answer but I feel a bit stumped. If theory of mind is such an excellent adaptation to our reproductive success, then why is the number of people diagnosed as autistic increasing? My thoughts are.. diagnosis for autism has changed and this has increased the number of people labelled autistic? Autism too generic a term to provide an accurate picture? Potential environmental factors could be taken into consideration when looking at the number of people receiving this diagnosis? Quite a rushed question, but a third persons opinion will help me focus my arguments a little better. Right now my brain feels mushy. Thanks

Hi, Nice to discover this forum, I hope to join you all often to discuss many topics..and maybe even become a little smarter by opening my mind to others. Converse soon