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Verifying different-modality properties for concepts produces switching costs.

According to perceptual symbol systems, sensorimotor simulations underlie the representation of concepts. It follows that sensorimotor phenomena should arise in conceptual processing. Previous studies have shown that switching from one modality to ...
Diane Pecher, René Zeelenberg, Lawrence W Barsalou (Psychol Sci, 200303)
verifying-different-modality-properties-concepts-produces-switching.asp

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Joint attention training for children with autism using behavior modification procedures.

BACKGROUND: Deficits in joint attention are considered by many researchers to be an early predictor of childhood autism (e.g., Osterling & Dawson, 1994) and are considered to be pivotal to deficits in language, play, and social development in this ...
Christina Whalen, Laura Schreibman (J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 200303)
joint-attention-training-children-autism-behavior-modification.asp

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Generalized least-squares method applied to fMRI time series with empirically determined correlation matrix.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) time series analysis and statistical inferences about the effect of a cognitive task on the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) are largely based on the linear model. However, this method requires that the ...
B Wicker, P Fonlupt (Neuroimage, 200303)
generalized-least-squares-method-applied-fmri-time-series-empirically.asp

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Quantitative evaluation of lexical status, word frequency, and neighborhood density as context effects in spoken word recognition.

Listeners identified a phonetically balanced set of consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words and nonsense syllables in noise at four signal-to-noise ratios. The identification scores for phonemes and syllables were analyzed using the j-factor model ...
José R Benki (J Acoust Soc Am, 200303)
quantitative-evaluation-lexical-status-word-frequency-neighborhood.asp

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Distorted retrospective eyewitness reports as functions of feedback and delay.

Participant-witnesses viewed a crime video and attempted to identify the culprit from a culprit-absent lineup. The 253 mistaken-identification eyewitnesses were randomly given confirming, disconfirming, or no feedback regarding their identifications. ...
Gary L Wells, Elizabeth A Olson, Steve D Charman (J Exp Psychol Appl, 200303)
distorted-retrospective-eyewitness-reports-functions-feedback-delay.asp

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Chronometry of parietal and prefrontal activations in verbal working memory revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation.

We explored the temporal dynamics of parietal and prefrontal cortex involvement in verbal working memory employing single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). In six healthy volunteers the left or right inferior parietal and prefrontal cortex ...
F M Mottaghy, M Gangitano, B J Krause, A Pascual-Leone (Neuroimage, 200303)
chronometry-parietal-prefrontal-activations-verbal-working-memory.asp

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The relationship of neuropsychological abilities to specific domains of functional capacity in older schizophrenia patients.

BACKGROUND: This study sought to determine the relative importance of cognitive measures in predicting various domains of everyday functional capacity in older outpatients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Ninety-three psychiatry outpatients with diagnoses of ...
Jovier D Evans, Robert K Heaton, Jane S Paulsen, Barton W Palmer, Thomas Patterson, Dilip V Jeste (Biol Psychiatry, 200303)
relationship-neuropsychological-abilities-specific-domains-functional.asp

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Neuropsychological assessment and telemedicine: a preliminary study examining the reliability of neuropsychology services performed via telecommunication.

Within the last decade, various applications of two-way audio-visual telecommunication have been implemented in the Norwegian health care system to facilitate the delivery of medical services to patients located in rural areas away from the hospitals. ...
Svenn E Jacobsen, Terje Sprenger, Stein Andersson, Jan-Magne Krogstad (J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 200303)
neuropsychological-assessment-telemedicine-preliminary-study.asp

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Predicting shared parent--child book reading in infancy.

This study examined the degree to which parental contextual factors and infant characteristics predicted whether parents read aloud to their 8-month-old infants. Discriminant function analysis revealed that mothers with higher family incomes and those ...
Jan Karrass, Meghan C VanDeventer, Julia M Braungart-Rieker (J Fam Psychol, 200303)
predicting-shared-parent-child-book-reading-infancy.asp

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Happy mood decreases self-focused attention.

Research addressing the influence of happy mood on self-focused attention has yielded inconsistent results. Some studies found that happy mood decreased self-focus relative to sad mood. Other studies did not detect a significant difference between happy ...
Jeffrey D Green, Constantine Sedikides, Judith A Saltzberg, Joanne V Wood, Lori-Ann B Forzano (Br J Soc Psychol, 200303)
happy-mood-decreases-self-focused-attention.asp