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Ambiguity and synonymy effects in lexical decision, naming, and semantic categorization tasks: interactions between orthography, phonology, and semantics.

In this article, ambiguity and synonymy effects were examined in lexical decision, naming, and semantic categorization tasks. Whereas the typical ambiguity advantage was observed in lexical decision and naming, an ambiguity disadvantage was observed in ...
Yasushi Hino, Stephen J Lupker, Penny M Pexman (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200207)
ambiguity-synonymy-effects-lexical-decision-naming-semantic.asp

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N400 and automatic semantic processing abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND: One factor hypothesized to underlie thinking disturbance in patients with schizophrenia is abnormal or disinhibited automatic spreading activation of semantic networks, which can be assessed using the N400 event-related potential. N400 is a ...
Daniel H Mathalon, William O Faustman, Judith M Ford (Arch Gen Psychiatry, 200207)
n-automatic-semantic-processing-abnormalities-patients-schizophrenia.asp

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The processing role of structural constraints on the interpretation of pronouns and anaphors.

The authors report 6 self-paced word-by-word reading studies of how morphosyntactic agreement, focus status, and the structural constraints of binding theory apply and interact during the online interpretation of pronouns (e.g., him, her) and anaphors ...
William Badecker, Kathleen Straub (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200207)
processing-role-structural-constraints-interpretation-pronouns.asp

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Suggestibility and negative priming: two replication studies.

Research suggests that inhibiting the effect of irrelevant stimuli on subsequent thought and action (cognitive inhibition) may be an important component of suggestibility. Two small correlation studies were conducted to address the relationship between ...
Daniel David, Richard J Brown (Int J Clin Exp Hypn, 200207)
suggestibility-negative-priming-two-replication-studies.asp

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Temporal order relations in language comprehension.

The role of temporal orientation (chronological or reverse) and chronological distance (close, intermediate, or distant) in general event knowledge on language comprehension was examined. Experiment 1 used a relation-recognition paradigm in which the ...
Elke van der Meer, Reinhard Beyer, Bertram Heinze, Isolde Badel (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200207)
temporal-order-relations-language-comprehension.asp

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Retrieval of concepts in script-based texts and narratives: the influence of general world knowledge.

The goal of the present experiments was to examine the accessibility of concepts embedded within text. J. A. Albrecht and E. J. OBrien (1991) found that with narrative texts central concepts are more quickly retrieved than peripheral concepts. In ...
Michelle L Rizzella, Edward J OBrien (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200207)
retrieval-concepts-script-based-texts-narratives-influence-general.asp

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Modulation of mood and cognitive performance following acute administration of Melissa officinalis (lemon balm).

Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) is a traditional herbal medicine, which enjoys contemporary usage as a mild sedative, spasmolytic and antibacterial agent. It has been suggested, in light of in vitro cholinergic binding properties, that Melissa extracts ...
D O Kennedy, Andrew B Scholey, N T J Tildesley, E K Perry, K A Wesnes (Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 200207)
modulation-mood-cognitive-performance-following-acute-administration.asp

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Aging and the representation of spatial situations in narrative understanding.

Age differences in the construction of the situation model during text understanding were investigated. Situation model processing was measured in terms of the distance effect, the tendency for readers to process information about objects in a narrative ...
Elizabeth A L Stine-Morrow, Daniel G Morrow, Richard Leno (J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 200207)
aging-representation-spatial-situations-narrative-understanding.asp

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Factors modulating the effect of divided attention during retrieval of words.

In this study, we examined variables modulating interference effects on episodic memory under divided attention conditions during retrieval for a list of unrelated words. In Experiment 1, we found that distracting tasks that required animacy or syllable ...
Myra A Fernandes, Morris Moscovitch (Mem Cognit, 200207)
factors-modulating-effect-divided-attention-retrieval-words.asp

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Case markers as clause boundary inducers in Japanese.

The present paper provides evidence that the processing of verb final clauses proceeds incrementally based on local information that becomes available with each word. The results of three self-paced reading experiments are reported in support of the ...
Edson T Miyamoto (J Psycholinguist Res, 200207)
case-markers-clause-boundary-inducers-japanese.asp