Publications
Publications and other Data
from members of the Westbury
Lab.
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Data we make
available to the public
Software we make
available to the public
HiDEx: High Dimensional Explorer
Beta Version 0.03,
released May 20th 2010.
A software tool to create and
explore high-dimensional models
of lexical co-occurrence. [For Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X only.
Compilation required.] |
ACTUATE: Assessing Cases : The University
of Alberta Testing Environment.
A platform independent tool
for administering simple
psychological experiments and tests. [Mac and Windows versions are now
available.] |
NUANCE: The
Naturalistic University of Alberta Nonlinear Correlation Explorer.
A platform-independent
genetic programming environment for non-linear curve fitting. |
LINGUA:
The Language Independent Neighbourhood Generator
of the University
of Alberta
A platform-independent
application for
making dictionaries from corpora and counting orthographic neighbours
and N-grams. |
ALFAB: The Alberta Language Function Assessment Battery
A fully-computerized
English-language
aphasia battery consisting of 27 subtests, released under a Creative
Commons license; available
for both Mac and Windows. |
| TalkTimer: A simple program (for
Macintosh and Windows) intended to time academic talks |
| CorrelationPCalculator: A spreadsheet that will
calculate the p value of a linear correlation. |
Disclaimer
- the
above software are
provided 'as is' without express or implied warranties. The software is
provided gratuitously for academic and personal use and in good faith,
but the authors shall not be liable for any damages suffered by you or
any
other user of the software.
Representative
Publications from Lab Members.
Shaoul, C.
& Westbury, C.
(2010). Exploring lexical co-occurrence space using HiDEx. Behavior
Research Methods, 42:2, 393-413.
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Frishkoff,
G., Perfetti, C. & Westbury, (2009)
C. ERP measures of partial semantic knowledge: Left temporal indices of
skill differences and lexical quality. Biological Psychology, 80, 130-147
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article (Science Direct access
required.) |
Westbury,
C., Hollis, G. & Shaoul, C. (2007). LINGUA: The
Language-Independent Neighbourhood Generator of the University of
Alberta. The
Mental Lexicon, 2:2, 273-286
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article (INGENTA
CONNECT access required.) |
Shaoul,
C. & Westbury, C.
(2006).
Word Frequency Effects in High-Dimensional Co-Occurrence Models: A New
Approach Behavior Research Methods, 38:2,
190–195
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Hollis,
G., Westbury, C.F., & Peterson,
J.B. (2006). NUANCE 3.0: Using Genetic Programming to Model Variable
Relationships. Behavior Research Methods,
38:2, 218-228.
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Hollis,
G., Westbury, C. (2006). NUANCE:
Naturalistic University of Alberta Nonlinear Correlation
Explorer. Behavior Research Methods,
38:1, 8-23.
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Westbury, C. (2005).
Implicit sound symbolism in lexical access: Evidence from an
interference task . Brain
& Language. 93:1, 10-19
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Westbury,
C.,
Buchanan,
L., Sanderson, S., Rhemtulla, M., & Phillips, L. (2003). Using
genetic programming to discover non-linear variable interactions. Behavior Research Methods,
Instruments, and Computers, 35:2, 202-216.
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article |
Westbury, C. & Bub, D. (1997). Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Review Of 112 Cases. Brain
&
Language, 60, 381-406.
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Posters
Agreeing with Google: We are sensitive to
the relative orthographic frequency of phrases.
Cyrus Shaoul, Chris Westbury & Harald Baayen
May, 2009
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poster |
Performance of HAL-like word
space models on a semantic categorization task.
Cyrus Shaoul & Chris Westbury
Oct, 2008
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poster |
A new tool for measuring
individual differences in semantic categorization.
Emilio Gagliardi & Chris Westbury
Oct, 2008
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ALFAB: The Alberta
Language Function Assessment Battery.
Chris Westbury
Presented at the Academy of Aphasia
Oct, 2006
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poster |
An investigation into the effect
of changing the parameters of the HAL model.
Cyrus Shaoul & Chris Westbury
Presented at the 5th Mental Lexicon Conference
Oct, 2006
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poster |
A Zipfian Zetetic: The
psycholinguistic significance of the Zeta Function.
Geoff Hollis & Chris Westbury
Presented at the 5th Mental Lexicon Conference
Oct, 2006
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poster |
LINGUA:
The Language
Independent of Neighbourhood Generator of the University of Alberta.
Chris Westbury, Geoff Hollis & Cyrus Shaoul
Presented at the 5th Mental Lexicon Conference
Oct, 2006
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poster |
A picture is worth a thousand
.... sounds? Modality
specific interactions of imageability and phonology in psycholinguistic
tasks.
Gail Moroschan & Chris Westbury
Presented at the 5th Mental Lexicon Conference
Oct, 2006
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poster |
Global
Co-occurrence Density Predicts Both Lexical and
Semantic Decision RTs.
Cyrus Shaoul & Chris Westbury
March, 2006
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poster |
Influence
of Orthographic Frequency of Words on the
HAL
Model of Semantic Space.
Cyrus Shaoul & Chris Westbury
March, 2005
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poster |
Meet
the Neighbours: A three-way interaction between orthographic trigram
probabilities and phonological neighbourhood size.
Brooke Hendricks & Chris Westbury
March, 2005
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NUANCE:
A New Genetic Programming Environment for Linear and Nonlinear Equation
Modeling.
Geoff Hollis & Chris Westbury
March, 2004
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poster |
Mapping Out the Relationships
Between 15
Variables Involved in Lexical Access.
Geoff Hollis & Chris Westbury
March, 2004
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poster
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Using
evolutionary programming to design psychometric tests.
Michael Sanderson, Mijke Rhemtulla, Leah Phillips, & Chris
Westbury
March, 2004
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poster |
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