Tag: Julia Fischer

Variational Inference as Tractable Approximation for Bayesian Models of Psychological Change Processes

Large-scale Bayesian modeling of nonlinear psychological change processes can be intractable and unsustainable. Variational inference facilitates Bayesian analysis through estimation of approximate posterior distributions...

Personality Differences Drive Conversational Dynamics: A High-Dimensional NLP Approach

This paper investigates how the topical flow of dyadic conversations emerges over time and how differences in interlocutors’ personality traits contribute to this topical flow.

Bayesian Methods Tutorials for Psychological Research

Methods for collecting psychologically relevant data and modeling these data are rapidly advancing. Bayesian statistical methods have emerged as a set of particularly useful techniques, both within cognitive psychology and more broadly in psychological science...

The Probabilistic Mind: A Bayesian Cognitive Modeling Tutorial

Stochastic Systems: A Bayesian Networks Tutorial

The Basics of the Bayesian Approach: An Introductory Tutorial

Bayesian Methods

As the use of large data sets and complex modeling methods becomes more common in psychological science, students and researchers must be equipped with the relevant statistical knowledge. In particular, Bayesian statistical methods have become increasingly popular, both within cognitive psychology and more broadly in the field. Bayesian methods enable new ways of integrating uncertainty,… Read more Bayesian Methods

Modeling With Uncertainty: A Bayesian Parameter Estimation Tutorial

The Change Lab Goes To The Affective Science Annual Conference 2023 in Long Beach, CA

Developmental Change in Infants’ Emotion Regulation Readiness and Regulation Proclivity; Tracking Divergence of Well-Being across Time; and Change in Affect as Individuals Move Through Physical and Digital Green Space in Everyday Life.

Julia Fischer

Honors Recipient & Masters Candidate Honors Thesis: Bayesian Methods Tutorials for Psychological Research Recipient of the 2024 Glushko Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Symbolic Systems Symbolic Systems Stanford University LinkedIn Julia (she/her/hers) joined the lab in the summer of 2022 through the PsychSummer program, in which she researched quantitative methods of modeling psychological… Read more Julia Fischer