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Publications

Conference posters and invited talks — spanning semantic factor analysis, associative memory, and EEG. Papers are in preparation.

Talks

Yanitski, D., & Westbury, C. (2026, March 20). Semantic factor analysis: Analyzing psychometric scales using large-language models [Conference presentation]. Joseph R. Royce Research Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Yanitski, D., & Westbury, C. (2026, February 13). Semantic factor analysis: Creating and analyzing psychometric scales using LLMs instead of humans [Seminar presentation]. Cognitive Seminar Series (CogSem), Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Posters

Yanitski, D., & Westbury, C. (2026, May 1). Separating signal from wording: Decomposing the autism–alexithymia correlation using semantic factor analysis [Poster presentation]. Banff Annual Seminar in Cognitive Science, Banff, AB, Canada.

Yanitski, D., Shalamberidze, T., Chen, Y. Y., & Caplan, J. B. (2026, April 7). Data-driven mapping of associative memory: A mass univariate ERP analysis [Poster presentation]. NMHI Research Day, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Yanitski, D., Shalamberidze, T., Chen, Y. Y., & Caplan, J. B. (2026, March 8). Mass univariate analysis implicates the late parietal in associative recognition success [Poster presentation]. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Yanitski, D., & Westbury, C. (2026, March 4). Semantic factor analysis: Analyzing psychometric scales using LLMs instead of humans [Poster presentation]. CNAS Research Day, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Yanitski, D., & Westbury, C. (2025, November 5). Using large-language models to analyze and name factors in psychometric scales [Poster presentation]. Faculty of Science AI Day, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Undergraduate Work

Yanitski, D., & Christiansen, G. (2025). The 431 procrastination tendency questionnaire [Unpublished manuscript]. Open Science Framework.

Yanitski, D. (2025). Is ChatGPT a genuine language user? [Unpublished manuscript]. Open Science Framework.

Yanitski, D. (2025). Assessing publication bias in testing effect literature [Unpublished manuscript]. Open Science Framework.

Yanitski, D. (2025). Effects of basic versus cloze flashcard formats on learning using Anki software [Unpublished manuscript]. Open Science Framework.