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SUMMARY:Fidelity and Replication: Modelling the Impact of Protocol Deviati
 ons on Effect Size - Professor Michelle Ellefson
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CONTACT:Dr Dervila Glynn
DESCRIPTION:*Theme: Adaptive Brain Computations*\n\nAbstract: Cognitive sc
 ience and cognitive neuroscience researchers have agreed that the replicat
 ion of findings is important for establishing which ideas (or theories) ar
 e integral to the study of cognition across the lifespan. Recently\, high-
 profile papers have called into question findings that were once thought t
 o be unassailable. Much attention has been paid to how p-hacking\, publica
 tion bias\, and sample size are responsible for failed replications. Howev
 er\, much less attention has been paid to the fidelity by which researcher
 s enact study protocols. Researchers conducting education or clinical tria
 ls are aware of the importance in fidelity – or the extent to which the 
 protocols are delivered in the same way across participants. Nevertheless\
 , this idea has not been applied to cognitive contexts. This seminar discu
 sses factors that impact the replicability of findings alongside recent mo
 dels suggesting that even small fidelity deviations have real impacts on t
 he data collected.\n\n \n\nBio: Michelle Ellefson is Professor of Cognitiv
 e Science at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education. She convene
 s the INSTRUCT Lab (Implementing New Student Thinking Resources Using Cogn
 itive Theory) conducting research at the intersection of cognitive psychol
 ogy and educational neuroscience. Her current research projects focus on t
 he role of executive functions in school achievement and how reasoning abo
 ut causes and effects impacts how humans make sense of scientific phenomen
 a. In addition\, she is applying specific cognitive principles to classroo
 m learning\, including simplicity and desirable difficulties. Initially tr
 ained in developmental cognitive neuroscience\, her interests in improving
  cognitive outcomes for all children/adolescents have inspired her to reac
 h beyond this foundational training to develop her integrative\, multi-dis
 ciplinary approach that informs both school practice and theoretical accou
 nts of cognitive development.\n\n \n\nKey websites:\n\nhttps://sites.googl
 e.com/site/instructlab/\n\nhttps://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/ellefso
 n/\n\nhttps://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?mellefson\n
 \nhttps://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-michelle-ellefson\n\nhttps://
 www.cares.cam.ac.uk/research/clic/\n\nRegister in advance for this seminar
 : https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIucOGorD4oGtHZw_2GPBRiw21J7Lw
 Jc43U\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email contain
 ing information about joining the meeting.\n\n
LOCATION:Register on Zoom - link in abstract
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