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These links were last checked 09/22/2006 - If you know of some additional sites or find bad links please email me at mmckay@rmc.edu
APA Writing Style and Format
Artificial IntelligenceAPA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - from none other than the APA
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the APA - How to cite information from the INTERNET in APA style.
APA Style Guide 5th Edition - at the University of Southern Mississippi
Citation Machine - This is an excellent resource, it allows you to pick a reference type, type in your reference ... and then it will format it in the appropriate MLA and APA formats. A free service of David Warlick's Landmark Project.
Psychology with Style - A concise tutorial, with examples, of APA style and formatting from the University of Wisconsin (unfortunately it's APA 4th edition style).
A Guide for Writing Research Papers in Psychology - A handy, Q&A format with lots of specifics from Capitol Community College, Hartford Connecticut (again it's based on APA 4th edition style).
Assessment TestsThe American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
The Artificial Intelligence Depot
The Cognition and Affect Project - Research on architectures for intelligent agents, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England.
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Neural Networks - Information on Neural Networks from the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at Oxford University.
The Outsiders Guide to Artificial Intelligence - An interesting and well informed perspective
BehaviorERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation - ERICAE.net (closed as of December 19, 2003 ... but still some good links).
ETS Test Collection - Over 20,000 tests and other measurement devices
Mental Measurement Yearkbook - Test Reviews Online - Provided by the BUROS Institute
Personality Diagnostic Questionaire (PDQ-4) - for DSM IV by Alphalogic
SouthEastern Behavior Analysis Center (SEBAC) - Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, ALBrain, Mind, NeuroscienceVirtual Reality Exposure Therapy - from the Graphics Visualization and Usability Center at Georgia Tech. Using Virtual reality for behavior modification.
CognitionA brief introduction to the brain - several topics related to neuroscience maintained by Humberto Gutierrez and Christopher Ormsby, at the Instituto de Fisiologia Celular, UNAM, in Mexico City.
Alliance for Lifelong Learning: Neuropsychology Links - Many good links to other Neuropsychology related sites and books.
BBC Radio - program (aired April 1, 2003) on brain surgery to treat certain mental disorders
Brain Images and Animations - from the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI), UCLA.
Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at Oxford University
Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College
Dissections of Real Brains - The University of Iowa's Brain University of the Virtual Hospital. Anatomical Slices of Brain pie!
Founders of Neurology - Pictures and brief biographies of historically important Neurologists by The University of Illinois at Chicago.
Hemispherectomy Fact Sheet - From Dr. Ben Carson at John's Hopkins Childrens Center
How Paxil and SSRI's work - a nice Flash animation brought to you by the folks who brought you Paxil.
Hyperbrain - A great online neuroanatomy tool. Particularly the glossary of terms, which displays a picture of the structure associated with the term and provides a definition in two small pop-up windows.
Introduction to fMRI: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation - An excellent site for those interested in how fMRI research is conducted. (authored by Dr. James Danckert at Waterloo University)
LOCATORplus of the United States National Library of Medicine - catalog of books, journals, audiovisuals and access points to other medical research tools.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - An impressive list of disorders involving the brain.
Neuro.com Guide Neurosciences on the Internet - a search engine for neuroscience related information.
Neuropsychology Central - a website devoted to Neuropsychology from the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School.
Neuroscience for Kids - Although designed for teaching children about the nervous system, this site contains many good graphics and demonstrations.
Organization of the Nervous System - An Introduction for students in the Human Anatomy Course at Emory University.
The Neuroscience Center - Access to LONI (Library of Neuropsychological Information), the Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, Psychological Software Services, and the Neuroscience Center bookstore.
Three Dimensional Medical Reconstruction - some really interesting computer generated anatomical MPEGs from General Electric.
The National fMRI Data Center - publicly accessible repository of peer-reviewed fMRI studies and their underlying data. The ultimate goal of The fMRI Data Center is to help speed the progress and the understanding of cognitive processes and the neural substrates that underlie them.
The Evelyn F. and William McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida - See what' s going on at the Brain Institute at my Alma Mater.
Diseases and DisordersCOGNET - MIT's cognitive net. Once you sign on you have access to a wide variety of information and e-journals related to Cognitive Science. Including real audio streams of keynote speakers, job listings, hot science, etc.
Cognitive and Psychological Sciences on the Internet - Including a listing of academic programs from around teh world.
CogPrints Archive - an electronic archive for papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
Concept Maps - Concept Map Software from the Institute for Machine and Human Cognition (IHMC) in Pensacola, FL.
Animal Cognition
Animal Cognition - Maintained by Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
Animal Cognition and Learning - A course at Tufts University
Inside the Animal Mind - A PBS Nature feature
PDP Models
PDP++ Software - The PDP++ software is a neural-network simulation system written in C++. It represents the next generation of the PDP software originally released with the McClelland and Rumelhart "Explorations in Parallel Distributed Processing Handbook", MIT Press, 1987. It is easy enough for novice users, but very powerful and flexible for research use.
Online Labs and Demonstrations (predominantly Cognition related, but some other jewels)
Software for ExperimentsCognitive Demos - From Florida Atlantic University
Demonstrations and Experiments - Links to other sites courtesy of Denison University
Fantastic Optical Illusions - Be amazed!
Memory and Cognition Demonstrations and Tutorials - Downloadable demos from Southwestern Missouri State University)
Psychlab Online - Real experiments and simulated experiments from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that allow people to explore the classic experiments of psychology..
Psychology Demonstrations - from Athabasca University (in Alberta, Canada).
Wadsworth Online Cognitive Laboratory - A host of on-line Cognitive Experiments.
Web Experimental Psychology - from the University of Zurich.
Experiment Management System - Web-based, regulation-compliant software for managing all aspects of running experiments with a human subject pool from Sona Systems.
ExperimenTrak - Subject Pool Management Software
Experimetrix - Schedule and monitor your experiments automatically on-line!
Psychology Software - Psychology Software Inc. publishes computer programs and electronic books (ebooks) to help students and instructors, researchers, clinicians, parents, and the public use well-established psychological principles.
WEXTOR - an interactive Web Experiment Creator from the University of Zurich (Switzerland).
ERP (Event Related Potential) related sitesAphasia
National Aphasia Association - The National Aphasia Association is a nonprofit organization that promotes public education, research, rehabilitation and support services to assist people with aphasia and their families.AutismEpilepsy
Narcolepsy
Stanford Center for NarcolepsyBrain Fingerprinting - Does the brain "lock-away" information that can be used like a "lie-detector" to exonerate falsely convicted criminals or convict terrorists --- You decide.ICA (Independent Component Analysis) - Downloadable EEGLAB software package for Matlab developed by Scott Makeig (these programs are excellent!!!)
Ethics
Forensic Psychology
Swenson's Forensic Psychology Website - with a host of links to other forensic related sites and graduate programs.
Funding
Cognitive Science Funding Opportunities - maintained by the Cognitive Science Society
GRAPES (GRaduate and Postdoctoral Extramural Support) - GRAPES catalogs major fellowships for which announcements have been received in the Graduate Outreach, Diversity and Fellowships Office of UCLA. GRAPES contains information on approximately 400 scholarships, fellowships, internships, and awards for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Graduate Schools/Programs in Psychology
Accredited Doctoral Programs in Professional Psychology - links to listings of APA accredited programs
American Universities - A comprehensive listing of American Universities
Graduate Programs in Cognitive Science - maintained by the Cognitive Science Society.
Search Engine for Graduate Programs in Psychology - maintained by Alley Dog.com (an excellent site for Psychology majors
U.S News and World Report on the Best Graduate Schools - Multiple major listings (including Psychology ... of course!)
History and Theory of Psychology
Classics in the History of Psychology - Classic Papers in Psychology
Classics in Psychology (1855 - 1914 Historical Essays) - reviews by Robert Wozniak at the Theommes Continuum
History and Theory of Psychology - an eprint archive.
History of Psychology Links - Hosted by the University of Dayton
Key Theorists - Links to information about them and their theories courtesy of the Psi Cafe
Museum of the History of Psychological Instrumentation - plenty of neat pictures and information about the early tools of the psychology trade.
Psychology Museum and Resource Center - Sponsored by Oklahoma State University
Today in History - a neat site that provides information on the major events in the history of psychology on any day that you specify.
Human Factors and Performance
Bad Human Factors Designs - A scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they do not follow human factors principles.ERGO GERO - Human Factors Science.
Human-Computer Interaction Resources on the Net - by Mikael Ericsson, former student of the Department of Computer and Information Science at Linkoping University in Sweden.
The Usability Methods Toolbox - an extensive list of methods and used in usability evaluation.
Memory
Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology - 1913 Translation of Hermann Ebbinghaus' work
Models of Memory - Various models of memory
World Memory Championships - Check out the performance and feats of modern mental giants
Personality
Phineas GageAlienation Test - available from Dr. George Boeree at Shippensberg University
Big Five Mini-Test - available from Dr. George Boeree at Shippensberg University
Fromm's Orientation Test - available from Dr. George Boeree at Shippensberg University
Humanmetrics Online Test - based on Jung (Myers-BriggsTypology)
Jungian Types Test - available from Dr. George Boeree at Shippensberg University
Personal Construct Psychology - from the Centre for Person-Computer Studies (CPCS), British Columbia, Canada
Temperament Sorter II - Online Personality Instrument (originally hosted on Dr. Keirsey's site)
Various Personality related papers - from Dr. Drew Westen at Emory
Phineas Gage Information - a wonderful page of all things related to Gage's historical accident. Maintained by Malcolm Macmillan from the School of Psychology at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Dr. Macmillan is the world's foremost authority on the subject.Phonetics
The International Phonetic Alphabet Project - an excellent site concerning IPA phonetics. Includes movies showing how each phoneme is articulated. Contains phonemes of English, Spanish, French, and German. Created by the English Department of the California Polytechnical Institute.
Psychological Organizations (you gotta love acronyms)
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
American Educational Research Association (AERA) - The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and, by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
American Psychological Association (APA) - Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.
Association for Psychological Science (APS) [formerly the American Psychological Society] - The Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national level.
Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA)
Association for Black Psychologists (ABPsi)
Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP)
Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)
Cognitive Science Society (CSS) - The Cognitive Science Society, Inc. brings together researchers from many fields who hold a common goal: understanding the nature of the human mind. The Society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education.
International Society for Ecological Psychology (ISEP)
Psi Chi - The National Honor Society In Psychology
Psychonomic Society (PS) - The public branch of Bradford Titchener's "The Experimentalists"
Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP) - Experimental Psychology's best (by invitation only), founded by Titchener in 1904 as"The Experimentalists"
Society for General and Theoretical Psychology (SGTP)
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) - The SPSP homepage. SPSP's goals are to further the generation and dissemination of research in personality and social psychology.
Psychological Tests
Psychological tests for student use - including:
Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992)
Attitudes Towards Women Scale: 15 item version (Spence, Helmreich & Stapp, 1973)
Authoritarianism-Rebellion Scale (Kohn, 1972)
The Body Awareness Scale (Shields, Mallory & Simon, 1989)
The Body Esteem Scale (Franzoi & Shields, 1984)
The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (Broadbent, Cooper, FitzGerald & Parkes, 1982)
Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (Heinssen, Glass & Knight, 1987)
Current Thoughts Scale (Heatherton & Polivy, 1991) - A measure of state self-esteem
Deffenbacher Driving Anger Scale (Deffenbacher, Oetting & Lynch, 1994) - Short form
Dieting Beliefs Scale (Stotland & Zuroff, 1990) - A measure of weight locus of control
Differential Loneliness Scale (Schmidt & Sermat, 1983) - Nonstudent version
Differential Loneliness Scale (Schmidt & Sermat, 1983) - Short student version
Personal Attribute Questionnaire: 24 item version (Spence & Helmreich, 1978) - A measure of gender role identity
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)
Procrastination Scale (Schouwenburg & Lay, 1995) - For student populations
Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986) - Nonstudent version
Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985)
Survey of Recent Life Experiences (Kohn & Macdonald, 1992) - Short form of a hassles measure
The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet & Farley, 1988)
Trust Scale (Rempel, Holmes & Zanna, 1985) - For close interpersonal relationships
Psycholinguistics
Social PsychologyLatent Semantic Analysis (LSA) - Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) is a mathematical/statistical technique for extracting and representing the similarity of meaning of words and passages by analysis of large bodies of text.
MRC Psycholinguistic Database Interface - An excellent reference for word frequency and imagery ratings.
The Psychology of Language Page - maintained by Robert Kruez at the Univerisity of Memphis.
A Class Divided - One day in 1968, Jane Elliot, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is the story of that lesson, its lasting impact on the children, and its enduring power thirty years later.
Course Resources on the Web (CROW) - resources for the teaching of Social Psychology maintained by Dr. Jon Mueller of North Central College.
Activities and Demonstrations - A plethora of Social Psychology activities and exercises maintained by Dr. Jon Mueller of North Central College.
Exercises and Demonstrations from the Understanding Prejudice Organization - UnderstandingPrejudice.org was established in 2002 with funding from the National Science Foundation (Grant Number 9950517) and McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The purpose of the site is to offer educational resources and information on prejudice, discrimination, multiculturalism, and diversity, with the ultimate goal of reducing the level of intolerance and bias in contemporary society.
Stanford Prison Experiment - A slide show of the infamous Zimbardo Prison Study conducted in 1971.
Tests for Hidden Bias - maintained by Tolerance.Org
Statistics
Interactive Statistical Calculators - a plethora of links to webpages that perform statistical calculations (maintained by John C. Pezzullo, a retired professor)
UCLA Stats - This UCLA link provides tutorials for statistical computing packages as well as other useful resources.
VassarStats - A useful site for help with common Statistical Computations maintained by Dr. Richard Lowry of Vassar College.
The Teaching of Psychology
Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP)OTRP Project Syllabus - A listing of psychological syllabi from numerous areas in psychology.
Theses and Dissertations
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations - a repository of rich graduate educational material contributed by a number of member institutions worldwide using multimedia and hypermedia technologies and advance digital library technology.
Women in Psychology
APA Division 35 - Society for the Psychology of Women
Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)
Links to Links (how tautological!)
AlleyDog.Com - The site dedicated to helping Psychology Students succeed and enjoy psychology.
APA Research Office - Current information and statistics regarding employment, salaries,
specialization breakdowns, and funding for psychologists and psychology students.College and University Home Pages - over 3,000 entries (although not updated since December 2000).
Psych Web - lots of psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology.
Psychological Online Documents - hosted by the University of Bonn.
Psychology links - from Lexington Community College
Psychology Resources on the World Wide Web - links from a book by the same title.
The Psi Cafe - A Psychology Resource Site with lots of great "stuff"
Fun and Weird Stuff
Age Gauge - A fun way to put your age into perspective.
Annuit Coeptis IX625 - A strange sight with strange ramblings
Brain Transplantation - Now for something completely different.
Comics
Boing Boing - A directory of wonderful things.
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - A fun alternative theory to Intelligent Design - "May his noodly appendage touch you"
ePsych - Interactive (albeit weird) pages about Psychology
Dolphin Stress Test - how stressed out are you?
FARK.com - a variety of intersting and weird articles.
Memepool.com - more intersting and weird articles.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (Boulder) - Home of the infamous cesium clock and WWV time tick (find out the "real" time).
PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) - a wonderful comic strip from Stanford University about life as a graduate student.
Piano Lady's World - For those who desire a Pollyanna escape.
Slashdot - News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters.
The Divinator - Oracle for the New Millenium (receive sagely advice)
The Scientist - A news journal for life scientists
The Skeptics Dictionary - A Critical Survey of Questionable Therapies, Eccentric Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions and Dangerous Delusions.