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Does relocating information in text depend on verbal or visuospatial abilities? An individual-differences analysis.

In this individual-differences study, we evaluated the prevalent view that relocating information in a previously read text depends primarily on visuospatial abilities. Participants read a text, answered fill-in-the-blank test questions, and identified ...
Katherine A Rawson, Akira Miyake (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
relocating-information-text-depend-verbal-or-visuospatial-abilities.asp

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Proactive interference effects on sentence production.

Proactive interference refers to recall difficulties caused by prior similar memory-related processing. Information-processing approaches to sentence production predict that retrievability affects sentence form: Speakers may word sentences so that ...
Victor S Ferreira, Carla E Firato (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
proactive-interference-effects-sentence-production.asp

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Naming pictures at no cost: asymmetries in picture and word conditional naming.

We report a striking finding about naming and categorization of pictures and reading aloud and categorization of words. The categorization of a word before reading it aloud leads to an increase in response time as compared with the condition in which ...
Remo Job, Elena Tenconi (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
naming-pictures-cost-asymmetries-picture-word-conditional-naming.asp

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Foreign language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts.

In three experiments, we studied the influence of foreign language knowledge on native language performance in an exclusively native language context. Trilinguals with Dutch as their native and dominant language (L1), English as their second language ...
Janet G Van Hell, Ton Dijkstra (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
foreign-language-knowledge-influence-native-language-performance.asp

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The processing of consonants and vowels in reading: evidence from the fast priming paradigm.

We assessed the early encoding of consonant and vowel information in the reading of English, using the fast priming paradigm. With 30-msec prime durations, gaze durations on target words were shorter when preceded by high-frequency consonant-same primes ...
Hye-Won Lee, Keith Rayner, Alexander Pollatsek (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
processing-consonants-vowels-reading-evidence-fast-priming-paradigm.asp

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Temporal tuning in the acquisition of cognitive skill.

The temporal tuning hypothesis suggests that individuals adjust the timing of cognitive performances to achieve temporal coordination of mental processes and the data on which they operate, and that this adjustment becomes more precise with practice. ...
Richard A Carlson, Lisa M Stevenson (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
temporal-tuning-acquisition-cognitive-skill.asp

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Bias in masked word identification: unconscious influences of repetition priming.

The beneficial influence of a prior study episode on subsequent identification of a word includes a large bias component, revealed in the forced-choice variant of the masked word identification test. In that type of test, subjects show a preference for a ...
Michael E J Masson (Psychon Bull Rev, 200212)
bias-masked-word-identification-unconscious-influences-repetition.asp

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Intentional and attentional dynamics of speech-hand coordination.

Interest is rapidly growing in the hypothesis that natural language emerged from a more primitive set of linguistic acts based primarily on manual activity and hand gestures. Increasingly, researchers are investigating how hemispheric asymmetries are ...
Paul Treffner, Mira Peter (Hum Mov Sci, 200212)
intentional-attentional-dynamics-speech-hand-coordination.asp

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Stability and skill in driving.

Two experiments addressed the relation between postural stability, perceptual sensitivity, and stability of driving performance. A vehicle was fitted with differential GPS for measuring position and speed, position sensors for measuring brake and ...
Paul Treffner, Rod Barrett, Andrew Petersen (Hum Mov Sci, 200212)
stability-skill-driving.asp

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Freezing degrees of freedom under stress: kinematic evidence of constrained movement strategies.

The present study investigated the effect of psychological stress imposed on movement kinematics in a computer-simulated batting task involving a backward and forward swing of the forearm. The psychological stress was imposed by a mild electric stimulus ...
Takahiro Higuchi, Kuniyasu Imanaka, Toshiteru Hatayama (Hum Mov Sci, 200212)
freezing-degrees-freedom-under-stress-kinematic-evidence-constrained.asp