I'm interested in how cognitive science experiments are designed
and executed. Up until now, all of the papers I've seen dealing
with cognition use availability of test subjects as one of the
major factors of recruitment for experiments. For example,
students are recruited for an experiment, and because the group
is so diverse, they are tested on general skills that the entire
group would possess, like reading or math. For example, consider
this experiment: "Happiness economics" in reverse: Does
happiness affect productivity? There were 276 university
students and faculty involved. The students are tested with a
math task. Math and reading comprehension are general skills,
and I can think of few people who earn their living with those
skills, aside from SAT tutors. I'm interested if there have been
other types of cognitive experiments tried, where the skills
used to evaluate experiment are at a "professional" level. For
example professional athletes, soldiers or pilots come to mind.
- Experiments that use sco