Josh Gitlin

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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!

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Dec 19	revised	Validity of regression therapy and degree of acceptance of the subject within the psychology community Tried to make the question more on topic by asking for studies
Dec 19	reviewed	Leave Open Psychopaths' Response to Expected Losses?
Dec 19	awarded	Custodian
Dec 19	reviewed	Leave Open What positive techniques can be used to motivate individuals resistant to common gamification techniques?
Dec 19	reviewed	Leave Open What are the major changes in the APA Publication Manual from 5th to 6th editions?
Dec 19	reviewed	Close When one activity makes you less distracted doing another activity?
Dec 19	reviewed	Leave Open Technical model of how babies and young children learn suited to a parent with an engineering background?
Dec 12	comment	What factors influence a person's perceived expertise? I merged the two accounts for you Tyler. However this answer doesn't meet our quality standards at the moment. Can you improve it with some scientific research?
Dec 8	awarded	Electorate
Dec 7	comment	What causes people to remember events which did not take place? Ah ha, that makes more sense. You're talking about false memories or Source monitoring errors maybe...
Dec 4	comment	Scientific findings of strobe lights and the brain Interesting, I thought to ask this question last week after driving through a forest and noticing the strobe-like pattern the light filtered through the leaves made. I wondered, what is the actual effect of strobe-like light on the brain, and what causes it to affect epileptic people as it does?
Dec 4	revised	Causal reasoning(implicit models?) vs grammar of native language Corrected grammar and spelling
Dec 4	comment	What is the longer term prognosis for women in their early 20's with Schizoaffective disorder? Zero: Your answer probably contains useful content for ApisGirl, however this community expects academic research in answers, or at least scientific explanations. Can you add one or two comments containing the relevant information from this answer? I think it's valuable information, but it doesn't meet this community's standards for an answer.
Dec 4	revised	How does the brain learn what something is for the first time? Fixed missing spaces
Nov 15	comment	How do emotions influence the language structures we use? Better yet, ask this question on linguistics.stackexchange.com and then comment on both questions, linking them to each other. Then, when one question gets an accepted an answer, post that answer to the other question and accept it.
Nov 9	comment	Does introducing an element of play, hunt, or competition make feeding more rewarding? Wow, that's great! Now I know I really should come up with some interesting experiments for the birds who feed from the bird feeders at our offices!
Nov 9	comment	How does appreciation for music change over time for the same person? I can tell you from personal experience the answer is a definitive yes. But that's not a scientific answer.
Nov 9	comment	What kinds of maths to learn for understanding dynamical systems in cognitive science? Sorry Tyler, I never heard back from you and so I cast the final close vote on this question. Please comment back if you'd like to discuss this with me. I'd be happy to help explain what went wrong here and help you out!
Nov 9	comment	What contextual links would make full-text journal articles more useful? I'm in agreement, this feels too subjective to me. user2366, we expect questions on this site to have a definitive correct answer, and I'm not sure this question has one...
Nov 9	comment	How effective are high audio frequencies in commercials in getting audience attention? As an anecdote, a friend of mine in Film & Video production once used the Emergency Alery System's (turn down your speakers) SAME header in a car commercial. Audiences despised it but the executives of the car company loved it, said it was one of their most successful ad campaigns...