This year, one student presented research at WPUPC hosted by Grove City College.
For those interested in seeing RMU students "in action" at a conference, please take a peek at
the PHOTO GALLERY!
The link below is to the pdf version of the poster handouts. You will need a pdf viewer (e.g., Adobe Acrobat) in order
to view the file.
Leah M. Fitzgerald: While it is clear that humans are capable of
recognizing randomness in their environments, it is not clear whether humans are capable of intentional randomness. The
present study examined this issue by having participants push random buttons on a 7x7 button-grid (150 trials). Results
were that participants could not respond randomly. The accumulation of button presses produced by human participants
differed significantly from computer simulated ("chance") responses. Participants favored and avoided specific locations
on the response grid relative to simulated participants.