changing of the guard

[Erik M. Altmann]

complacency and adaptive recovery under automation.  JEP:LMC, 26(2), 
395-410.
 
Five simulations, no new data.
 
Erik.
 
 
At 2:57 PM -0400 10/18/00, Christian Schunn wrote:
>Since I've had a couple of requests, the full reference for that paper is
>
>Ellis, A. W., & Lambon-Ralph, M. A. (2000). Age of acquisition 
>effects in adult lexical processing reflects loss of plasticity in 
>maturing systems: Insights from connectionist networks. Journal of 
>Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 26(5), 
>1103-1123.
>
>-Chris
>
>At 9:36 AM -0400 10/18/00, Christian Schunn wrote:
>>In re-flipping through my last issue of JEP:LMC, I made a startling 
>>discovery that is very relevant to much of the ACT-R community. For 
>>the first time (that I know of), JEP:LMC has published a 
>>modeling-only paper. The second article in that issue has 
>>absolutely no new human data, just a series of simulation results. 
>>I view this as a major coup and perhaps the beginning of a new era.
>>
>>For those of you who aren't familiar with the details of JEP:LMC: 
>>It is generally considered the top cognitive journal and has had a 
>>long history of preferring data over models (both explicitly and 
>>implicitly). I'm not sure how this came about. While the editorial 
>>board has changed, the editorial statement remains the same, none 
>>of the new editorial board members are modelers themselves, and it 
>>is rumored that some have been heard to have made anti-modeling 
>>comments. Perhaps it is finally becoming clear to the larger 
>>cognitive community that modeling can be an empirical science.
>>
>>Whatever the reason, we now can all point to this case as legal 
>>precedent for why JEP:LMC (and indeed JEP:G, JEP:HPP, Cog Psy, JML, 
>>Thinking & Reasoning, ...) should consider modeling-only papers.
>>
>>-Chris
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