Publications by Jewelia Yao (
Replication of ‘Early Cerebral Constraints on Reading Skills in School-Age Children: An MRI Study’ by Borst et al. (2016, Mind, Brain, & Education)
Introduction Borst et al. (2016) examines the relationship between individual morphological differences in the occipital temporal temporal sulcus (OTS), a sulcus in ventral temporal cortex of the brain, and reading skills in school-aged children. Using anatomical magnetic resonance imaging scans from 16 children, this study classified the OTS in...
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Psych 251 PS2
In this assignment we’ll learn about dplyr and tidyr, two packages from the tidyverse that allow elegant and easily understandable data tidying and manipulation. We’ll do this by working through the steps of loading an actual dataset, tidying it up, and carrying out some basic analyses. The dataset we’re using comes from the OSF Reproducibl...
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Project Report - Borst et al. 2016
Introduction Borst et al. (2016) examines the relationship between individual morphological differences in the lateral occipital temporal sulcus (OTS), a sulcus in ventral temporal cortex of the brain, and reading skills in school-aged children. Using anatomical magnetic resonance imaging scans from 16 children, this study classified the lateral...
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Psych 251 PS3 - Group A Choice 1
For this exercise, please try to reproduce the results from Study 1 of the associated paper (Joel, Teper, & MacDonald, 2014). The PDF of the paper is included in the same folder as this Rmd file. Methods summary: In study 1, 150 introductory psychology students were randomly assigned to a “real” or a “hypothetical” condition. In the real...
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Psych 251 PS3 - Group B Choice 3
For this exercise, please try to reproduce the results from Experiment 2 of the associated paper (de la Fuente, Santiago, Roman, Dumitrache, & Casasanto, 2014). The PDF of the paper is included in the same folder as this Rmd file. Methods summary: Researchers tested the question of whether temporal focus differs between Moroccan and Spanish cult...
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Psych 251 PS4
This is problem set #4, in which we want you to integrate your knowledge of data wrangling with some basic simulation skills. It’s a short problem set to help consolidate your ggplot2 skills and then help you get your feet wet in testing statistical concepts through “making up data” rather than consulting a textbook or doing math. For ease ...
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