Verbal Learning

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Age of acquisition and word frequency: determinants of object-naming speed and accuracy.

The combined contributions of word age of acquisition (AoA) and word frequency (rated and objective) to word retrieval speed and accuracy were investigated, using a picture-naming paradigm. Results from two fully factorial studies revealed that both AoA ...
Gayane Meschyan, Arturo Hernandez (Mem Cognit, 200203)
age-acquisition-word-frequency-determinants-object-naming-speed.asp

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Phonological awareness in children with Down syndrome.

Research in the area of phonological awareness has mainly focused on the nature of the relationship between reading ability and awareness of phonemes. However, a recent study of phonological awareness in children with Down syndrome questioned the ...
Helen Fletcher, Sue Buckley (Downs Syndr Res Pract, 200203)
phonological-awareness-children-down-syndrome.asp

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Hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults: the HAROLD model.

A model of the effects of aging on brain activity during cognitive performance is introduced. The model is called HAROLD (hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults), and it states that, under similar circumstances, prefrontal activity during ...
Roberto Cabeza (Psychol Aging, 200203)
hemispheric-asymmetry-reduction-older-adults-harold-model.asp

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New semantic and serial clustering indices for the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition: background, rationale, and formulae.

The original California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) employed a semantic clustering index that used the words recalled during a given trial as the baseline for calculating expected values of chance clustering (recall-based expectancy). Although commonly ...
John L Stricker, Gregory G Brown, John Wixted, Juliana V Baldo, Dean C Delis (J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 200203)
new-semantic-serial-clustering-indices-california-verbal-learning.asp

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Age-related slowing in face and name recognition: evidence from event-related brain potentials.

Age-related slowing in recognizing famous names and faces was investigated with event-related brain potentials (ERPs). In a group of young adults, item repetition induced early (220-340 ms) and late (400-700 ms) ERP modulations, apparently signaling the ...
Eva-Maria Pfütze, Werner Sommer, Stefan R Schweinberger (Psychol Aging, 200203)
age-related-slowing-face-name-recognition-evidence-event-related.asp

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Effects of hydrocortisone administration on cognitive function in the elderly.

Previous studies have found adverse effects of both acute and chronic elevations of corticosteroids on cognitive function in humans and that cortisol levels may predict cognitive decline in elderly subjects. However, no previous studies have directly ...
Richard J Porter, Nicola A Barnett, Ariane Idey, Elizabeth A McGuckin, John T OBrien (J Psychopharmacol, 200203)
effects-hydrocortisone-administration-cognitive-function-elderly.asp

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Constrained formation of object representations.

Viewers were presented with a rapid sequence of very brief stimulus pairs, each of which consisted of a pictured object followed by a related or unrelated word. The form of relatedness between the picture and word was manipulated across experiments ...
Kevin J OConnor, Mary C Potter (Psychol Sci, 200203)
constrained-formation-object-representations.asp

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Aging effects on memory encoding in the frontal lobes.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to compare frontal-lobe activation in younger and older adults during encoding of words into memory. Participants made semantic or nonsemantic judgments about words. Younger adults exhibited greater ...
Glenn T Stebbins, Maria C Carrillo, Jennifer Dorfman, Courtney Dirksen, John E Desmond, David A Turner, David A Bennett, Robert S Wilson, Gary Glover, John D E Gabrieli (Psychol Aging, 200203)
aging-effects-memory-encoding-frontal-lobes.asp

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Anatomy of verbal memory: a functional MRI study.

The recent advent of new functional neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) makes it possible to examine cerebral activations in healthy individuals. In the present study, we attempted to examine the anatomical ...
S Dupont, Y Samson, D Le Bihan, M Baulac (Surg Radiol Anat, 200202)
anatomy-verbal-memory-functional-mri-study.asp

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Learning phonotactic constraints from brief auditory experience.

Three experiments asked whether phonotactic regularities not present in English could be acquired by adult English speakers from brief listening experience. Subjects listened to consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) syllables displaying restrictions on ...
Kristine H Onishi, Kyle E Chambers, Cynthia Fisher (Cognition, 200202)
learning-phonotactic-constraints-brief-auditory-experience.asp