I am an Associate Professor in Psychology. My research focuses mainly on visual search, which involves how we seek out objects in the world around us. Much of my research utilises eye-tracking.
Like many other researchers, I’ve been moving to adopt more open science practices over time. I’ve recently had my first paper published where every data point, analysis, figure and table were created using reproducible code in R . Interactive tables that formed supplementary materials were made using R Markdown. It was a daunting process to put everything together so that others could use it, but I certainly found it helpful to make myself organise the code so that it was viewable by others.
Alongside that, I have also created my own R package designed to make the processing and analysis of eye-tracking experiments easier – called eyeTrackR . In addition, I have begun to embed many of the tools of modern, transparent open science methods into my teaching. This includes teaching the Open Science in Psychology module to MSc students. It also involves developing methods to make my marking transparent and reproducible (primarily using R Markdown).