Smart phone, smart science: How the use of smartphones can revolutionize research in cognitive science

Stephane Dufau; Jon Andoni Duñabeitia; Carmen Moret-Tatay; Aileen McGonigal; David Peeters; F. Xavier Alario; David A. Balota; Marc Brysbaert; Manuel Carreiras; Ludovic Ferrand; Maria Ktori; Manuel Perea; Kathy Rastle; Olivier Sasburg; Melvin J. Yap; Johannes C. Ziegler; Jonathan Grainger

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024974

Smart phone, smart science: How the use of smartphones can revolutionize research in cognitive science

Stephane Dufau^*, Jon Andoni Duñabeitia, Carmen Moret-Tatay, Aileen McGonigal, David Peeters, F. Xavier Alario, David A. Balota, Marc Brysbaert, Manuel Carreiras, Ludovic Ferrand, Maria Ktori, Manuel Perea, Kathy Rastle, Olivier Sasburg, Melvin J. Yap, Johannes C. Ziegler, Jonathan Grainger

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Abstract

Investigating human cognitive faculties such as language, attention, and memory most often relies on testing small and homogeneous groups of volunteers coming to research facilities where they are asked to participate in behavioral experiments. We show that this limitation and sampling bias can be overcome by using smartphone technology to collect data in cognitive science experiments from thousands of subjects from all over the world. This mass coordinated use of smartphones creates a novel and powerful scientific "instrument" that yields the data necessary to test universal theories of cognition. This increase in power represents a potential revolution in cognitive science.

Original language	English
Article number	e24974
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	6
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024974
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2011

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Dufau, S., Duñabeitia, J. A., Moret-Tatay, C., McGonigal, A., Peeters, D., Alario, F. X., Balota, D. A., Brysbaert, M., Carreiras, M., Ferrand, L., Ktori, M., Perea, M., Rastle, K., Sasburg, O., Yap, M. J., Ziegler, J. C., & Grainger, J. (2011). Smart phone, smart science: How the use of smartphones can revolutionize research in cognitive science. PLoS ONE, 6(9), 1-3. [e24974]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024974

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