Welcome to Richard D. Morey's research homepage
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- Published on Saturday, 24 December 2011 09:55
- Written by Richard D. Morey
Welcome to my research homepage. My primary line of research is developing Bayesian hierarchical models for applications in psychological research. I work at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands, where I am Assistant Professor. Select a menu option to the left to find out more.
"Odds are against ESP"
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- Published on Saturday, 24 December 2011 10:19
- Written by Richard D. Morey
Our Psychonomic Bulletin and Review paper is out, which deals with Daryl Bem's claims of evidence for ESP. You can read the press release at Science Daily.
Our Bayes factor work in the news
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- Published on Saturday, 24 December 2011 10:18
- Written by Richard D. Morey
The New York Times has an article about Bem''s forthcoming article claiming evidence for precognition. Jeff Rouder and I have submitted a response to Bem''s research, which is mentioned in the New York Times article. Click here to visit the New York Times...
Test your working memory capacity
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- Published on Saturday, 24 December 2011 10:16
- Written by Richard D. Morey
The University of Missouri has put up an explanation of our working memory research. The Flash presentation, narrated by Jeff Rouder (they couldn't get James Earl Jones, I guess), explains the psychological problem and the task we used. It also lets you test your own working memory capacity and explains the calculation.
Click here for the article and Flash presentation.
Our working memory research in the news
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- Published on Saturday, 24 December 2011 10:03
- Written by Richard D. Morey
Our research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has been featured in the science press. See the LiveScience/MSNBC writeup here:
Memory''s limit is even lower: 4 things at once


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