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keywords:
behavioral science
computer-based experiment
language and thought
quantitative behavior
spatial cognition
language comprehension
language production
pattern recognition
psychology
representation
linguistics
reasoning
When conducting experimental research, the research questions are often inherently linked (and limited) to the paradigm that is used. In this paper, we present a new experimental tool -- GRIS (Generating Representations in Space) -- that builds experiments where participants can manipulate objects on a screen. Through a series of three experiments on sentence acceptability, category typicality, and multi-dimensional similarity, we demonstrate how GRIS-based experiments allow cognitive scientists to approximate representational spaces for a variety of cognitive phenomena, expanding the set of possible research questions that cognitive scientists may ask.