I was just using this example in class a couple of weeks ago and kept thinking that pretty soon it won't work anymore! Pennies will be a thing of the past.

A group at MIT looked at brain activity, memory, and feelings of ownership in a LLM vs. nonLLM essay writing task.

arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

As a grad student, I worked with word lists with very specific characteristics. Trying to counterbalance them across conditions took many, many, hours. This is when I learned how to use SPSS syntax due to the need to rerun the contrasts every time I tweaked the lists. And, yes, I still do this!

I certainly will! Thank you!

This looks promising! Thanks for the recommendation.

I always like it when Psychonomics goes someplace warm in Nov. Sun on your face feels good. Good luck on your talk tomorrow.

I can think of screening items that require selective attention, in addition to other cognitive processes, for success (e.g., count backwards by 7s), but not many that uniquely isolate the contribution of selective attention. Something worth thinking about.

Yes, it's an early symptom of AD. Much research shows deficits in selective attention (perceptual/spatial tasks, selection within semantic memory) with inhibitory deficits likely playing a role. More recently, deficits in sustained attention have also been observed.

Thanks for the welcome, Steve! Already seeing some great posts here. Happy to have a feed full of academic conversations again. #PsychSciSky