Practical Sessions#

Week 1: Basics of Automated Scientific Discovery of Mind & Brain#

Build a fully working closed-loop experiment with AutoRA: fit a model, run an online task with real participants, and use a theory-guided sampler to select experimental conditions.

Overview#

We’ll implement a stroop experiment using a similar model as in Cohen & Huston model as the guiding theory. By the end, you’ll have a loop that:

  1. proposes experimental conditions from theory

  2. collects data from human participants online, and

  3. updates / fits the model

Logistics#

  • Earlier (before 7:00 pm) Tutorials on Tools (Standalone PsyNeuLink, SweetPea, SweetBean)

  • Late (after 20:00 pm) Tutorials on AutoRA Integration

  • Office Hours: I’m here in front of A32 or in my office, second floor 23.

Prerequisites#

  • Google Account (for Colab and Firebase)

  • GitHub Account (recommended, for accessing code and CodeSpaces)

  • Basic familiarity with Python

Content#

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