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Alphabetic and nonalphabetic L1 effects in English word identification: a comparison of Korean and Chinese English L2 learners.

Different writing systems in the world select different units of spoken language for mapping. Do these writing system differences influence how first language (L1) literacy experiences affect cognitive processes in learning to read a second language ...
Min Wang, Keiko Koda, Charles A Perfetti (Cognition, 200303)
alphabetic-nonalphabetic-l-effects-english-word-identification.asp

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Functional comparison of primacy, middle and recency retrieval in human auditory short-term memory: an event-related fMRI study.

Primacy and recency effects refer to the better performance or shorter response time on the first and last items than the middle ones of a memory list. In order to investigate its neural basis in auditory short-term memory, event-related fMRI was used to ...
Da Ren Zhang, Zhi Hao Li, Xiang Chuan Chen, Zhao Xin Wang, Xiao Chu Zhang, Xiao Mei Meng, Sheng He, Xiao Ping Hu (Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 200303)
functional-comparison-primacy-middle-recency-retrieval-human-auditory.asp

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Left hemispheric dipole locations of the neuromagnetic mismatch negativity to frequency, intensity and duration deviants.

The aim of the current study was to differentiate the sources of neuromagnetic mismatch negativity (MMNm) to deviants of different features. For this purpose, the MMNm of twenty-one healthy subjects (seven males) were recorded left-hemispherically. ...
Timm Rosburg (Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 200303)
left-hemispheric-dipole-locations-neuromagnetic-mismatch-negativity.asp

524.

Interaction between smooth anticipation and saccades during ocular orientation in darkness.

A saccade triggered during sustained smooth pursuit is programmed using retinal information about the relative position and velocity of the target with respect to the eye. Thus the smooth pursuit and saccadic systems are coordinated by using common ...
Gunnar Blohm, Marcus Missal, Philippe Lefèvre (J Neurophysiol, 200303)
interaction-smooth-anticipation-saccades-ocular-orientation-darkness.asp

525.

Hemispheric differences in stop task performance.

This study examined hemispheric specialization for stop task performance. It was found that inhibitory performance was better for stop signals presented in the right visual field. This result provided support for the hypothesis that, during stop task ...
Menno Van der Schoot, Robert Licht, Tako M Horsley, Joseph A Sergeant (Acta Psychol (Amst), 200303)
hemispheric-differences-stop-task-performance.asp

526.

An enquiry into the process of categorization of pictures and words.

This paper reports a series of experiments conducted to study the categorization of pictures and words. Whereas some studies reported in the past have found a picture advantage in categorization, other studies have yielded no differences between pictures ...
Madhubalan Viswanathan, Terry L Childers (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
enquiry-process-categorization-pictures-words.asp

527.

Semantic priming effect of metaphor constituent terms.

Camac and Glucksberg reported there was no priming effect between constituent terms of a metaphor and argued that there was no prior similarity or association between the constituents. However, their study had several limitations. An important one was ...
Keiko Nakamoto (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
semantic-priming-effect-metaphor-constituent-terms.asp

528.

Sex differences in landmark learning by children aged 5 to 12 years.

Previous research has shown that men and boys learn routes faster and with fewer errors than do women and girls. Research with adults suggests that men use Euclidean cues when learning a route, whereas women use landmark-based strategies. The strategies ...
Jennifer L Kersker, Melissa L Epley, Josephine F Wilson (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
sex-differences-landmark-learning-children-aged--years.asp

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The palm IAT: a portable version of the implicit association task.

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) uses reaction times to measure implicit linkages among concepts or between concepts and attributes. The Palm IAT is a simplified version of the IAT that runs on Palm Pilot or Handspring Visor personal digital assistant ...
James M Dabbs, Jonathan F Bassett, Natalia V Dyomina (Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput, 200302)
palm-iat-portable-version-implicit-association-task.asp

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Latency of saccadic eye movement during contraction of bilateral and unilateral shoulder girdle elevators.

We compared the timed latencies of saccadic eye movement during isometric contraction of the bilateral and unilateral shoulder girdle elevators in a sitting posture. Muscle contraction force was increased in 10% increments from 0% to 60% of the maximal ...
Katsuo Fujiwara, Kenji Kunita, Hiroshi Toyama (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
latency-saccadic-eye-movement-contraction-bilateral-unilateral.asp