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An investigation of phonology and orthography in spoken-word recognition.

The possible influence of initial phonological and/or orthographic information on spoken-word processing was examined in six experiments modelled after and extending the work Jakimik, Cole, and Rudnicky (1985). Following Jakimik et al., Experiment 1 used ...
Louisa M Slowiaczek, Emily G Soltano, Shani J Wieting, Karyn L Bishop (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200302)
investigation-phonology-orthography-spoken-word-recognition.asp

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Semantic effects in word naming: evidence from English and Japanese Kanji.

Three experiments investigated whether reading aloud is affected by a semantic variable, imageability. The first two experiments used English, and the third experiment used Japanese Kanji as a way of testing the generality of the findings across ...
Naoki Shibahara, Marco Zorzi, Martin P Hill, Taeko Wydell, Brian Butterworth (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200302)
semantic-effects-word-naming-evidence-english-japanese-kanji.asp

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Temporal precision of interceptive action: differential effects of target size and speed.

The duration of movements made to intercept moving targets decreases and movement speed increases when interception requires greater temporal precision. Changes in target size and target speed can have the same effect on required temporal precision, but ...
R Tresilian, J Oliver, J Carroll (Exp Brain Res, 200302)
temporal-precision-interceptive-action-differential-effects-target.asp

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Effects of response eccentricity and relative position on orthogonal stimulus-response compatibility with joystick and keypress responses.

When unimanual left-right movement responses are made to up-down stimuli, performance is better with the up-right/down-left mapping when responding in the right hemispace and with the up-left/down-right mapping when responding in the left hemispace. We ...
Robert W Proctor, Yang Seok Cho (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200302)
effects-response-eccentricity-relative-position-orthogonal-stimulus.asp

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Maintenance versus manipulation in verbal working memory revisited: an fMRI study.

Working memory (WM) is the ability to keep a limited amount of information "on line" for immediate use during short intervals. Verbal WM has been hypothesized to consist of neuroanatomically segregated components, i.e., maintenance (storage, rehearsal, ...
Dick J Veltman, Serge A R B Rombouts, Raymond J Dolan (Neuroimage, 200302)
maintenance-versus-manipulation-verbal-working-memory-revisited-fmri.asp

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Lorazepam and scopolamine: A single-dose comparison of effects on human memory and attentional processes.

This placebo-controlled, double-blind, double-dummy, independent groups study directly compared effects of the benzodiazepine, lorazepam (2.0 mg/70 kg orally administered), and the anticholinergic scopolamine (0.6 mg/70 kg subcutaneously administered) on ...
Miriam Z Mintzer, Roland R Griffiths (Exp Clin Psychopharmacol, 200302)
lorazepam-scopolamine-single-dose-comparison-effects-human-memory.asp

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Preresponse cues reduce the impairing effects of alcohol on the execution and suppression of responses.

The present study examined the effects of alcohol on the ability to execute and inhibit behavior in a context in which preliminary information signaled the likelihood that a response should be executed or suppressed. Social drinkers (N = 12) performed a ...
Cecile A Marczinski, Mark T Fillmore (Exp Clin Psychopharmacol, 200302)
preresponse-cues-reduce-impairing-effects-alcohol-execution.asp

588.

Intracranial stimulation of the facial nerve: normative values with magnetic coil in 240 nerves.

This study was aimed at defining normative values of latency and amplitude of the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) from the orbicularis oculi muscle, obtained by transcranial magnetic stimulation. We evaluated the dependence of latency and ...
D Cocito, G Isoardo, G Migliaretti, P Ciaramitaro, E Rota, F Poglio, B Bergamasco (Neurol Sci, 200302)
intracranial-stimulation-facial-nerve-normative-values-magnetic-coil-.asp

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On-line trajectory modifications of planar, goal-directed arm movements.

Sometimes a goal-directed arm movement has to be modified en route due to an unforeseen perturbation such as a target displacement or a hand displacement by an external force. In this paper several aspects of that modification process are addressed. ...
Evert-Jan Nijhof (Hum Mov Sci, 200302)
line-trajectory-modifications-planar-goal-directed-arm-movements.asp

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Dynamics of visual feedback in a laboratory simulation of a penalty kick.

Sport scientists have devoted relatively little attention to soccer penalty kicks, despite their decisive role in important competitions such as the World Cup. Two possible kicker strategies have been described: ignoring the goalkeeper action (open loop) ...
Edgard Morya, Ronald Ranvaud, Walter Machado Pinheiro (J Sports Sci, 200302)
dynamics-visual-feedback-laboratory-simulation-penalty-kick.asp