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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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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.

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Academic Employment - Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.

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October 2000 September 2003. Lecturer, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, England. Statistics and Experimental Design lecturer. Emotion and Motivation lecturer. Elementary Maths for Biologists (EMB) lecturer. Supervisor of Studies for Fitzwilliam College. Research into symmetry perception in dynamic stimuli, Dr. John Mollon’s lab. Semptember 2006 June 2009. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Bilkent University. June 2010 Jan 2013. Director, IQ Mindware Partnership.

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Education - Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.

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University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. Centre for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC). Joint Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience. Supervisor: Dr. Walter Schneider, University of Pittsburgh, CNBC Program Director 1992-1994. A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation into three Computational Strategies for Structure from Motion Perception in Euclidean and Projective Geometries. Organization and Function of the Primate Visual Cortex. University of Bristol, UK.

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Structural Core of the Cerebral Core and Consciousness

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Structural Core of the Cerebral Cortex and Consciousness. Of the human brain. Of the brain exists where there are most connections and where the connection strengths are strongest. Are brain areas that are more highly active when at rest than when doing cognitive tasks, and has a central role in integrating information across functionally segregated brain regions. In a study published in 2008 in PLoS Biology [ link. Precuneus and cingulate cortex. The precuneus and conscious awareness. Retrieval / consol...