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TUTORIAL
Analyzing behavior and interactions with Theme: detection and analysis of
hidden temporal patterns
Magnus S. Magnusson
(University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland)
Benefits
You will acquire understanding and skills regarding the analysis of behavior
and interactions seen as the intra- and inter-individual construction
and repetition of (typically hidden) temporal patterns (t-patterns).
Features
Participants will:
- Learn about the use of this methodology and technology through presentation
of example studies from both human and animal research
- Learn how to analyze behavioral and interaction patterns you have
detected and answer various questions about their content, complexity,
meaning and functional aspects
- Learn to detect how structure in behavior and interactions may depend
on independent variables such as, for example, age, sex, tasks or
experimental treatment.
- Learn about the latest features in Theme 5
Audience
Intended for researchers interested in the possibilities for new kinds
of insights into the structure and function of human and animal behavior
as well as the detection of effects of experimental and environmental
factors on the structure of behavior.
Presentation
The presentation will be in the form of a mixture of a PowerPoint slide
presentation (which will also be handed out) and demonstration of the
actual use of the Theme program.
Instructor's resume
Dr. Magnus S. Magnusson is research professor and director of the Human
Behavior Laboratory, University of Iceland. Creator of the t-pattern
model and the Theme software, which he has developed and applied over
more than 20 years during his research in psychological, ethological
and anthropological laboratories of European universities, including
Copenhagen University, the University of Paris (V, VIII & XIII)
and the National Museum of Natural History, Paris. He has lectured and
organized workshops in Japan, the USA and Europe. He is also the founder
and chairman of PatternVision
Ltd.
Last updated: 20 October
2005
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