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cogpsych-theory-and-hypotheses

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Use when stating the theory, formalizing the model, and deriving predictions for a Cognitive Psychology (Elsevier) manuscript. The journal rewards a formal/computational account whose parameters mean something and whose predictions discriminate it from rivals. Structures the theory and the model that the experiments test; it does not fit the model or run analyses.

When to use

• Specifying the theory and the formal/computational model
• Deriving predictions that separate the account from rival models
• Co-designing the model with the experiments
• Formalizing a verbal theory into a model
• Marking prediction status as confirmatory or exploratory
• Stating what would disconfirm the model

When not to use

• Fitting the model
• Running analyses

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