Bibliography.

Semantic Bathymetry™ draws upon established research in implicit cognition, psychometrics, semantic differential theory, response-time modelling and affective psychology. The publications below represent a selection of the academic literature that informs the design philosophy of the platform. They should not be interpreted as endorsements of, or direct descriptions of, the proprietary methods developed by Cognitif Group Limited.


Implicit cognition and the IAT

  1. Greenwald, A. G., Poehlman, T. A., Uhlmann, E. L., & Banaji, M. R. (2009). Understanding and using the Implicit Association Test: III. Meta-analysis of predictive validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19586237
  2. Re-assessing the incremental predictive validity of Implicit Association Tests. sciencedirect.com/S0022103119305682
  3. Estimating the Reliability and Stability of Cognitive Processes Contributing to Responses on the IAT. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC11367805
  4. Improving the reliability and validity of the IAT with a dynamic model driven by similarity. link.springer.com/10.3758/s13428-023-02141-1
  5. The role of attitude features in the reliability of IAT scores. sciencedirect.com/S002210312200049X
  6. Should We Stop Looking for a Better Scoring Algorithm for Handling IAT Data? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26107176
  7. Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. Penguin. amazon.co.uk
  8. Kahneman, D., Sibony, O., & Sunstein, C. R. (2021). Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment. William Collins. amazon.co.uk
  9. Gladwell, M. (2005). Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Penguin. amazon.co.uk

Response latency and drift diffusion

  1. Fatfouta, R., Schröder-Abé, M., & Merkl, A. (2014). IAT and response latency in a transgression-recall paradigm. Frontiers in Psychology. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC4092369
  2. Response times in Ecological Momentary Assessment: a drift diffusion model. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC12442838
  3. Response times in Ecological Momentary Assessment: a drift diffusion model (journal version). Current Psychology. link.springer.com/10.1007/s12144-023-04773-0
  4. An EZ Bayesian hierarchical drift diffusion model for response time and accuracy. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC12627168
  5. Age-related slowing of response selection and production in a visual choice reaction time task. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC4407573
  6. Age-related fornix decline predicts conservative response strategy-based slowing in perceptual decision-making. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC10838937
  7. Age differences in diffusion model parameters: a meta-analysis. link.springer.com/10.1007/s00426-020-01371-8

Semantic representation and affect

  1. Osgood, C. E., Suci, G. J., & Tannenbaum, P. H. (1957). The Measurement of Meaning. University of Illinois Press.
  2. Russell, J. A. (1980). A circumplex model of affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(6), 1161–1178.
  3. Kelly, G. A. (1955). The Psychology of Personal Constructs. Norton.