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I am a Moderator Pro Tempore for this site. That means I do things like handling flags, approving/rejecting edits, and generally help the community in any way I can. I'm here to help! If you have a question, I try to stay in our chat room almost all the time, even if I'm not at my computer. To get my attention, just post a message in chat with @Josh in it, and I'll respond as soon as I can.

I can also be reached from my website or via email at cogsci -at- josh -dot- gitlin -dot- name. If you have an any issues please don't hesitate to contact me.

I am not actually a Cognitive Scientist. I am Chief Technology Officer and the senior software developer at Digital Fruition, LLC. I am an avid user of Stack Exchange sites and fascinated by the workings of the mysterious and complex computer we call the human mind.

I believe firmly in this community and try to do do everything I can to help it grow! I am frequently on Meta where we discuss issues about this site. I'm very approachable. If you have a question or an issue, find me in chat or @ me on one of my posts. While I may not be the most knowledgable user about Cognitive Sciences on our site, I know a lot about Stack Exchange!


May
19
revised Is there any recent work on modeling how we rapidly acquire new knowledge?
corrected grammar
May
18
comment Picture of eye promotes good behaviour
This is fascinating! Very interesting effect.
May
18
comment How is intelligence correlated to beauty?
That's my hypothesis: if you're more intelligent, you can make more money, and land a more attractive mate, and have more attractive (and intelligent) children...
May
18
awarded  Popular Question
May
17
revised Aesthetic preference for even or odd numbers
Edited out irrelevant information to try and make question more on topic
May
13
reviewed Excellent How to compute Chi-square value and degrees of freedom in Excel?
May
13
reviewed Satisfactory Training for the Corpus Callosum?
May
13
reviewed Satisfactory Term for incentives working without conscious awareness
May
13
reviewed Satisfactory Can we draw conclusions about content of thoughts from neural firing patterns?
May
13
reviewed Satisfactory Which branch of psychology deals with decision making under stress?
May
13
reviewed Excellent Is learning facts via audio while sleeping possible?
May
13
reviewed Excellent Devices that detect when someone is falling asleep
May
13
reviewed Satisfactory Do children follow parents' phobias genetically or by learning?
May
13
reviewed Excellent What is the standard error of measurement for teacher made multiple choice tests?
May
13
comment Math or Physics: Which is the more relevant background to enter Cognitive Sciences and Psychology?
@ArtemKaznatcheev my objection to this question was not it's being on/off topic but rather it's objectivity. I am glad to reopen it if the community welcomes such questions; without an established policy on Meta the policy of Stack Exchange is that subjective questions ("which is better?") get closed as NC. Please do make a case on Meta so we can establish what our specific policy is. For example, Ask Different allows some questions like this. Thanks!
May
12
comment Math or Physics: Which is the more relevant background to enter Cognitive Sciences and Psychology?
Sorry @ArtemKaznatcheev I have been AFK all day. I can discuss this with you in chat tomorrow if you'd like!
May
12
revised How to conduct surveys using facebook
rolled back to a previous revision
May
12
revised How to conduct surveys using facebook
rolled back to a previous revision
May
12
comment Math or Physics: Which is the more relevant background to enter Cognitive Sciences and Psychology?
@Artem please ask on Meta. Our community does not yet have an established policy for "list type" questions.
May
9
awarded  Custodian