Emma G. Cunningham
@emmagcunningham.bsky.social
PhD Student in Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
I study the impact of technology, specifically video games, on cognitive skills. 🕹️
I study the impact of technology, specifically video games, on cognitive skills. 🕹️
Excited to present my poster today @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social from 12-1:30pm titled “Dimensions of planning and their implications for planning performance in planning-based mini games”! Come by poster IV-060 to see what I found!
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Excited to present my poster today @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social from 12-1:30pm titled “Dimensions of planning and their implications for planning performance in planning-based mini games”! Come by poster IV-060 to see what I found!
📄📣 My newest paper “Evaluating planning through play: Exploring the use of mini games to assess planning abilities” with Daphné Bavelier & @cshawngreen.bsky.social
is published Open Access in Acta Psychologica 📖✔️
Check it out‼️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#psychology #cognitive #science
is published Open Access in Acta Psychologica 📖✔️
Check it out‼️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#psychology #cognitive #science
Evaluating planning through play: Exploring the use of mini games to assess planning abilities
Planning, or the ability to generate, organize, and implement a sequence of steps toward a goal, is essential for success across a wide range of activ…
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July 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📄📣 My newest paper “Evaluating planning through play: Exploring the use of mini games to assess planning abilities” with Daphné Bavelier & @cshawngreen.bsky.social
is published Open Access in Acta Psychologica 📖✔️
Check it out‼️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#psychology #cognitive #science
is published Open Access in Acta Psychologica 📖✔️
Check it out‼️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#psychology #cognitive #science
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I recorded a step-by-step tutorial of programming experiments in PsychoPy for undergrad thesis students in my lab. Sharing it here for anyone new to programming in psychology, or those transitioning to PsychoPy from other software. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJX...
using PsychoPy to build a cognitive psychology experiment from scratch
YouTube video by Xiaojin Ma
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June 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I recorded a step-by-step tutorial of programming experiments in PsychoPy for undergrad thesis students in my lab. Sharing it here for anyone new to programming in psychology, or those transitioning to PsychoPy from other software. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJX...
Reposted by Emma G. Cunningham
Check out this paper by our own Dr. Freya Jossel (@shinyfreya.bsky.social ), Dr. Shawn Green (@cshawngreen.bsky.social), and Emma Cunningham!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
No Expectancy Effect on Visual Attention Performance After a Single Session of Playing Sudoku: A Failed Replication of Tiraboschi et al. (2019) - Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
There is significant interest in the development of behavioral interventions to improve cognitive skills. Part of the basic-science foundation of all such endeavors is understanding the mechanisms by ...
link.springer.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Check out this paper by our own Dr. Freya Jossel (@shinyfreya.bsky.social ), Dr. Shawn Green (@cshawngreen.bsky.social), and Emma Cunningham!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Emma G. Cunningham
One of our graduate students, Emma Cunningham, has just published a paper in collaboration with Dr. Green and Dr. Bavelier assessing the current measures used for judging our planning abilities! The paper can be found below, for those interested in reading! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rethinking planning metrics: An analysis of common measurements of planning abilities
Planning, or the ability to simulate and execute a sequence of steps toward a goal, is integral for success in a range of activities, from cooking a m…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of our graduate students, Emma Cunningham, has just published a paper in collaboration with Dr. Green and Dr. Bavelier assessing the current measures used for judging our planning abilities! The paper can be found below, for those interested in reading! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Emma G. Cunningham
We would like to congratulate one of our graduate students, Ezgi Yuksel, for her recently published research with Dr. Shawn Green and Dr. Haley Vlach! You can read her work looking at how students test and modify their strategies for learning in the classroom here: www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We would like to congratulate one of our graduate students, Ezgi Yuksel, for her recently published research with Dr. Shawn Green and Dr. Haley Vlach! You can read her work looking at how students test and modify their strategies for learning in the classroom here: www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
Reposted by Emma G. Cunningham
We're happy to announce another paper authored by some LATL members, including first author Lauren Anthony! This paper dives into potential applications to use expectancy-value theory to motivate cognitive training/learning behaviors! The paper is linked here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Applications of Expectancy-Value Theory in Promoting Motivated Behavior in Cognitive Training - Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
While the domain of cognitive training is extremely broad, encompassing many different training paradigms and training targets, essentially all paradigms require that participants persist in engaging ...
link.springer.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We're happy to announce another paper authored by some LATL members, including first author Lauren Anthony! This paper dives into potential applications to use expectancy-value theory to motivate cognitive training/learning behaviors! The paper is linked here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🚨 My new paper with Daphne Bavelier & @cshawngreen.bsky.social found that common tasks used to measure planning don’t correlate—⚠️ meaning they’re likely not measuring the same skill.
Published in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social
Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Psychology #EFs
Published in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social
Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Psychology #EFs
Rethinking planning metrics: An analysis of common measurements of planning abilities
Planning, or the ability to simulate and execute a sequence of steps toward a goal, is integral for success in a range of activities, from cooking a m…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🚨 My new paper with Daphne Bavelier & @cshawngreen.bsky.social found that common tasks used to measure planning don’t correlate—⚠️ meaning they’re likely not measuring the same skill.
Published in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social
Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Psychology #EFs
Published in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social
Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Psychology #EFs