Welcome to the website of the Tasmanian Cognition Laboratory.
The primary aim of the Tasmanian Cognition Laboratory (TASCL) is the experimental investigation of cognitive processes that underpin decision making, language, attention, memory, and learning. The TASCL research group has two broad foci: (1) mathematical and computational cognitive models (2) the application of cognitive psychology to applied problems.
The cognitive modelling focus on broadly applicable evidence accumulation and race models that provide a comprehensive account of behaviour, both in terms of responses that are made and the time it takes to make them. We both contribute to the fundamental development of these models and push the boundaries of their application across psychology and the neurosciences. Applied areas of interest are diverse, and include improving the reliability of eyewitness identification evidence; helping people to better evaluate their own memory, learning, and decision making (i.e., metacognition); investigating the cognitive effects of videogame play; understanding how to enhance public support for climate science and associated policy; and complex and high-pressure decision making in defence and Antarctic contexts. Our research is supported by a number of testing suites with high-end data collection PCs, accompanied by office space for graduate students, in both the Psychology Building and Psychology Research Centre, as well as access to high-performance computers for computational modelling.
Publications with associated pdf files can be found in the publications area. In some cases there are also links to associated data and analysis software (see also the Data and Software area of the site). We gratefully acknowledge support from funding bodies, particularly the Australian Research Council (see the Funding area of the site).
The primary aim of the Tasmanian Cognition Laboratory (TASCL) is the experimental investigation of cognitive processes that underpin decision making, language, attention, memory, and learning. The TASCL research group has two broad foci: (1) mathematical and computational cognitive models (2) the application of cognitive psychology to applied problems.
The cognitive modelling focus on broadly applicable evidence accumulation and race models that provide a comprehensive account of behaviour, both in terms of responses that are made and the time it takes to make them. We both contribute to the fundamental development of these models and push the boundaries of their application across psychology and the neurosciences. Applied areas of interest are diverse, and include improving the reliability of eyewitness identification evidence; helping people to better evaluate their own memory, learning, and decision making (i.e., metacognition); investigating the cognitive effects of videogame play; understanding how to enhance public support for climate science and associated policy; and complex and high-pressure decision making in defence and Antarctic contexts. Our research is supported by a number of testing suites with high-end data collection PCs, accompanied by office space for graduate students, in both the Psychology Building and Psychology Research Centre, as well as access to high-performance computers for computational modelling.
Publications with associated pdf files can be found in the publications area. In some cases there are also links to associated data and analysis software (see also the Data and Software area of the site). We gratefully acknowledge support from funding bodies, particularly the Australian Research Council (see the Funding area of the site).