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Tom Beesley
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Cognitive psychologist conducting research on human associative learning and attention at Lancaster University. Eye data analysis in R: tombeesley.github.io/eyetools
Look forward to reading this!
October 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Typically one .R that does basic data processing and cleaning that often results in several data objects that are saved as .RData. Then load that .RData in a quarto doc for the analysis "proper", which might be a lab report or manuscript. Data stored in raw form alongside for full reproducibility
July 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This looks neat. Thanks!
May 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Reposted by Tom Beesley
Many processes from industry are not appropriate or overkill for an academic setting, but we can and should be doing better than we currently are.

Our paper tries to give practical advice on how you can improve your scientific workflow, without being a coding guru.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I found the process to be largely a waste of time. Ironically time that could be spent on doing science that leads to 3 and 4* papers.
April 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We did ~90 last summer. 15 minutes per paper. Read abstract, look at figures/stats to get sense of analysis approach, look at open science credentials, read general conclusions. Roll dice until you get a number between 1 and 4. Repeat. (Joke, actually flip a coin to determine 3 or 4...)
April 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Actually, that's not fair. Andy D for ALC
February 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It's been a long time since I've come across Class 3 😢
February 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Now children, hands up if you've heard of the Rescorla-Wagner model
February 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I pointed out you may have trouble stepping in the first place
February 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Lots of questions about stepping on lego. That really connected with them. 😅
February 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hi Andy. If there's room, me, @jntowse.bsky.social @robayedavies.bsky.social @amyatkinson.bsky.social from Lancaster
February 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM