How to use Theme in neuroscience research - hormones & behavior
“Testosterone levels surge when men are trying for a baby” BBC News reported after Katharina Hirschenhauser and her colleagues published the results of their study on time patterns of testosterone and self-reported sexual behavior in healthy, adult men. The scientists of the Institute of Applied Psychology in Lisbon, Portugal, asked twenty-seven volunteers to collect daily morning saliva over a period of 90 days and measured their testosterone levels.
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How to use Theme in psychology research - autistic behavior
In what aspects exactly do children with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), like autism, contrast with their peer group? Are there, for instance, differences in the level of organization of their behavior? Willemsen-Swinkels and her colleagues of the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, addressed the latter question and compared the behavior of children with a PDD with that of normally developing children. The researchers videotaped 82 children (PDD and non-PDD) in a 40- min semi-structured playroom session after separation and reunion with one of their parents. The behavior of child and parent was coded from videotape by means of The Observer.
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How to use Theme in sport research - Soccer analysis
Would the outcome of the World Soccer Championship 2002 have been different if the coaches had used T-pattern analysis to study performance? Andrew Borrie and his colleagues do not answer this question in their paper on T-pattern analysis in soccer matches. However, the investigators of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences in Liverpool did highlight the potential of this kind of analysis as a tool to support soccer coaches.
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How to use Theme in usability research - analyzing web logs
In HCI there is often an abundance of raw data, but making sense of it is hard. Computers can log every action. The issue is to find relevant information, which may be hidden like a needle in a haystack. Or even worse, it may be scattered all over the place in tiny tidbits with no apparent connection. In either case Theme can offer a solution. Theme can take both the order and timing of events into account, and can deal with variation in both.
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Discovering behavioral patterns in the use of a universal remote control
Boris de Ruyter and Claudia van Schijndel (Eindhoven, The Netherlands).
Nowadays, people have several electronic devices such as a DVD player, video recorder, television set, etc., with several remote controls to operate them. When they get fed up with all the different remote controls they usually decide to buy a universal remote control. However, the configuration and installation of such a device seems complex and could be improved in terms of usability. We tried to detect behavioral patterns in the use of such a remote with Theme. The results partially reported here indicate that Theme, combined with the interpretation of the researcher, is a valuable tool for analyzing large samples of observational data.
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The Observer - Using Theme for data analysis
Theme™ is a software package for pattern detection in sequential data. It was originally developed for the analysis of social interactions. Theme uses raw data as input. Theme’s algorithms are based on relationships in the order and timing of behaviors. These relationships are critical in any goal directed action. Thus the time structures detected by Theme often reflect the purpose of behavior.
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