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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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 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	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 1	comment	Math or Physics: Which is the more relevant background to enter Cognitive Sciences and Psychology? Sorry Aakash, this question isn't really a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect questions to have a single correct answer, and this is more of an opinion question. Looks like you already got a lot of useful advice before I saw the question though, so hopefully that helps you!
Apr 21	comment	Why do we use 3 channel R,G,B to represent color? Because we have three types of cone cells in our eyes, is my understanding from what I've read.
Apr 19	comment	Why do we use 3 channel R,G,B to represent color? Nope, I'm wrong! See my answer below.
Apr 19	comment	Why do we use 3 channel R,G,B to represent color? This is actually a physics question I believe. All the visible colors of light can be represented by combinations of red, green, and blue. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_primaries#Additive_primaries
Apr 18	comment	Can hypomania be induced by just thinking quickly and variably? I agree with Chuck. You're asking good questions guest43434, but let's give some time for the site to answer the ones you asked before asking more :-) Thanks for your understanding and participation!
Apr 18	comment	Short term time perception affect long term time perception? It seems that many mental disorders are fundamentally disorders in time perception -- This statement feels subjective and out of place to me. Is it important to the question or can it be removed?
Apr 18	comment	Is actively trying to create insight inducing conditions effective in generating insights? Related question on incubation
Apr 7	comment	What is a good textbook for an undergrad Cognitive Neuroscience course? @ChuckSherrington I personally agree, but wanted to see how the community receives it. It had more than a few upvotes when I converted it.
Apr 6	comment	What is a good textbook for an undergrad Cognitive Neuroscience course? I have converted this question to a Community Wiki question as there is no single correct answer to it. I can also suggest asking for recommendations in chat, as that format is well suited to open-ended discussions.
Mar 29	comment	Are there axioms in the mind? Fabian, I closed this question at your request. If this is not what you wanted please let me know.
Mar 21	comment	Subtle manipulation in commercials - Kindle Fire HD Given some support from the community I went ahead and closed this question. After discussing it in chat, Jeff mentioned a great point: the question could possibly be re-worded asking about a specific effect ("are brighter stimuli typically judged more positively than dark stimuli?") offering the commercial as incidental evidence. If you'd be willing to rework the question along those lines Albert, I will gladly reopen.
Mar 21	comment	Subtle manipulation in commercials - Kindle Fire HD Speaking as a community member and not as a moderator, this feels too specific to me. I'm not sure if analyizing a specific commercial makes for a good question, rather, I'd prefer to see this question talk about a broader marketing/psychological concept. If my close votes were not binding I would vote to close as "Too Localized"
Mar 5	comment	Does associating a color with numbers improve math learning? Tangentially related question, definitely not a dupe.
Feb 28	comment	Learning of new concepts being impeded by an error in previous work Sometimes this happens to me in programming as well. I'm going to guess that this has to do with overconfidence leading to not thoroughly examining the more simple areas, but I'm interested to see what the answers are!
Feb 21	comment	What causes someone to feel anxious and lacking in confidence when outside the home? Unfortunately I have had to go ahead and close this question as "Off Topic" because of it's self-help nature. Please see Why was my self-help question closed as off-topic? for more information. In this case, it was starting to attract answers which are therapeutic/advice oriented in nature, which is against the policy of our site to be research-driven. I wish you luck in finding help with this, sparkubullet!