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Applying software metrics to formal specifications : a cognitive approach.
Vinter, R.J.; Loomes, M.J.; Kornbrot, D. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1998)It is generally accepted that failure to reason correctly during the early stages of software development causes developers to make incorrect decisions which can lead to the introduction of faults or anomalies in systems. ... -
ARTIST : a computer system for creating and running psychology experiments
Kornbrot, D. (1981)A flexible computer system for research and teaching experiments in psychology is described. Special features of the system include {1} separate phases for the generation and running of experiments, !2} facilities to control ... -
Cognitive and organisational aspects of design
Loomes, M.; Ridley, D.; Kornbrot, D. (University of Hertfordshire, 1993)Research into the software design process currently centres on a particular model of the software design which is based on a number of assumptions that are rarely tested and have little theoretical grounding. This paper ... -
Comparing flashbulb memories of September 11 and the death of Princess Diana : effects of time delays and nationality
Kvavilashvili, L.; Mirani, J.; Schlagman, S.; Kornbrot, D. (2003)This study examines flashbulb memories of a salient recent and a distant public event to assess patterns of forgetting in the formal characteristics of these memories. Memories of a recent event (September 11) were compared ... -
Conditional reasoning in language and logic : transfer of non-logical heuristics?
Vinter, R.J.; Loomes, M.J.; Kornbrot, D. (University of Hertfordshire, 1997)Historically, the use of natural language based techniques for the purpose of software specification has tended to result in the production of ambiguous or verbose system descriptions. It is thought that this imprecision ... -
Consistency of flashbulb memories of September 11 over long delays : implications for consolidation and wrong time slice hypotheses
Kvavilashvili, L.; Mirani, J.; Schlagman, S.; Foley, K.; Kornbrot, D. (2009)The consistency of flashbulb memories over long delays provides a test of theories of memory for highly emotional events. This study used September 11, 2001 as the target event, with test–retest delays of 2 and 3 years. ... -
Degree performance as a function of discipline studied, parental occupation and gender
Kornbrot, D. (1987)Degree performance in England and Wales was investigated as a function of social class and gender for several disciplines of study. Three performance criteria were considered: FIRST class; GOOD, and COMPETENT. The findings ... -
Depressive realism and outcome density bias in contingency judgements : the effect of the context and inter-trial interval
Msetfi, R.M.; Murphy, R.A.; Simpson, J.; Kornbrot, D. (2005)The perception of the effectiveness of instrumental actions is influenced by depressed mood. Depressive realism (DR) is the claim that depressed people are particularly accurate in evaluating instrumentality. In two ... -
Differential effects of age on prospective and retrospective memory tasks in young, young-old, and old-old adults
Kvavilashvili, L.; Kornbrot, D.; Mash, V.; Cockburn, J.; Milne, A. (2009)Remembering to do something in the future (termed prospective memory) is distinguished from remembering information from the past (retrospective memory). Because prospective memory requires strong self-initiation, Craik ... -
The dog that didn't bark...interpreting non-significance
Kornbrot, D.; Msetfi, R.M. (International Society for Psychophysics, 2007)Hypothesis testing is a crucial component of science. This leads to guidelines (often ignored) in most disciplines including psychology. Unfortunately, most focus on significant effects. Non-significant effects are sidelined, ... -
Dysphoric mood states are related to sensitivity to temporal changes in contingency
Msetfi, R.M.; Murphy, R.A.; Kornbrot, D. (2012-09-27)A controversial finding in the field of causal learning is that mood contributes to perceptions of uncorrelated relationships. When people are asked to report the degree of control they have, people with dysphoria or ... -
The Effect of Mild Depression on Time Discrimination
Msetfi, Rachel; Murphy, R.; Kornbrot, D. (2012-02-07)Depressed mood states affect subjective perceptions of time but it is not clear whether this is due to changes in the underlying timing mechanisms, such as the speed of the internal clock. In order to study depression ... -
Effects of age on phenomenology and consistency of flashbulb memories of September 11 and a staged control event
Kvavilashvili, L.; Mirani, J.; Schlagman, S.; Erskine, J.A.K.; Kornbrot, D. (2010)In two studies, the special status of flashbulb memories was investigated by contrasting the effects of age on the phenomenology and consistency of flashbulb memories of September 11, over a 2-year delay period, with those ... -
Estimates of utility function parameters from signal-detection experiments
Kornbrot, D.; Donnelly, M.; Galanter, E. (1981) -
Exploring possible sender-to-experimenter acoustic leakage in the PRL autoganzfeld experiments
Wiseman, R.; Smith, M.; Kornbrot, D. (1996) -
Haptic virtual environments for blind people : exploratory experiments with two devices
Jansson, G.; Colwell, C.; Petrie, H.; Kornbrot, D.; Fanger, J.; Konig, H.L. (1999) -
Haptic virtual reality for blind computer users
Colwell, C.; Petrie, H.; Kornbrot, D.; Hardwick, A.; Fumer, S. (ACM Press, 1998)This paper describes a series of studies involving a haptic device which can display virtual textures and 3-D objects. The device has potential for simulating real world objects and assisting in the navigation of virtual ... -
How was it for you? Psychophysics and the evaluation of student experience of e-learning
Kornbrot, D. (2008)Evaluating the student experience of Higher Education has become a matter of national importance in several countries. For example, in England & Wales the National Student Survey (NSS) is administered on line to all students ... -
Impaired context maintenance in mild to moderately depressed students
Msetfi, R.M.; Murphy, R.A.; Kornbrot, D.; Simpson, J. (2009)We test the hypothesis that people with depression experience difficulties in maintaining task-relevant context information over longer periods of time using the AX version of the continuous performance task (AX-CPT). The ...