Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

In this study we attempted to predict individual participants single trial behavior (response and reaction time) on anon-symbolic number comparison task. Experimental sessions included the completion of the number comparison task alongwith concurrent EEG measures. We then used a dynamic systems model with evolutionary algorithm updating to predict be-havior for each participant independently. The computational model approximated neural coding of number by calculatingtuning curves implemented through multilayered dynamic systems architecture. Typically dynamical systems models of cogni-tion have fixed parameters tailored to the particular task being modeled and selected by the researcher. The models used weredesigned to adapt such that each participant’s model is individually customized to their particular data. Average ERP amplitudeacross occipitoparietal areas were used as model input in addition to participant’s prior responses and reaction time.