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Cognitive effects of the dopamine receptor agonist pergolide.

Although dopamine has been closely associated with prefrontal function, and with working memory in monkeys, the effects of dopamine agonists on human cognitive performance are poorly understood. We report the effects of a single dose of pergolide on ...
Daniel Y Kimberg, Mark DEsposito (Neuropsychologia, 2003)
cognitive-effects-dopamine-receptor-agonist-pergolide.asp

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Differences in word associations to pictures and words.

Normal subjects were asked to produce the "first word that comes to mind" in response to pictures or words that differed with respect to manipulability and animacy. In separate analyses across subjects and items, normal subjects produced a significantly ...
Eleanor M Saffran, H Branch Coslett, Matthew T Keener (Neuropsychologia, 2003)
differences-word-associations-pictures-words.asp

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Methylphenidate improves Stroop naming speed, but not response interference, in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of methylphenidate (MPH) on response interference, as measured by the Stoop Color and Word Test, in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Response interference is a ...
Anne-Claude Bedard, Abel Ickowicz, Rosemary Tannock (J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 2002WINTER)
methylphenidate-improves-stroop-naming-speed-not-response.asp

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Automaticity in reading and the Stroop task: testing the limits of involuntary word processing.

We investigated the parameters of involuntary word reading in the Stroop task in 7 experiments. Experiments 1-4 varied response modality and the presence of congruent word trials in a test of the claim that presenting a Stroop color word with only one ...
Tracy L Brown, Kelly Joneleit, Cathy S Robinson, Carli Rose Brown (Am J Psychol, 2002WINTER)
automaticity-reading-stroop-task-testing-limits-involuntary-word.asp

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Individual differences in working memory during reading with and without parafoveal information: a moving-window study.

We examined individual differences in working memory appearing in the effective visual field size while reading Japanese text. Working memory capacity was measured by a Japanese reading span test, and the subjects were divided into high- and low-score ...
Naoyuki Osaka, Mariko Osaka (Am J Psychol, 2002WINTER)
individual-differences-working-memory-reading-parafoveal-information.asp

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Effects of text difficulty and adults age on relative calibration of comprehension.

Weaver and Bryant (1995) proposed the optimum effort hypothesis, suggesting that undergraduate students were better able to predict comprehension when text materials matched their reading level (grade 12) as opposed to being too easy or too difficult ...
Lin-Miao Lin, Karen M Zabrucky, Dewayne Moore (Am J Psychol, 2002SUMMER)
effects-text-difficulty-adults-age-relative-calibration-comprehension.asp

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Relation of reading rate and rapid automatic naming among third graders.

The relation of reading rate and rapid automatic naming (RAN) for pictures was investigated for 31 third graders. Reading rate was measured as the number of seconds required for reading aloud a third-grade passage. Rapid automatic naming was assessed ...
Elisa Huff, Jody Sorenson, Jess Dancer (Percept Mot Skills, 200212)
relation-reading-rate-rapid-automatic-naming-third-graders.asp

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North American Adult Reading Test: age norms, reliability, and validity.

The North American Adult Reading Test (NAART) is a quickly administered index that is widely used to estimate verbal intellectual ability. We have administered NAART to 351 healthy adults between 18 to 91 years of age to examine psychometric properties ...
Bob Uttl (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200212)
north-american-adult-reading-test-age-norms-reliability-validity.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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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