Visual Perception

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Differential bilingual laterality: mythical monster found in Wales.

Paradis (1992) likens studies of bilingual laterality to reported sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, in that although some studies claim differential laterality much conflicting research evidence does not-and like the mythical Scottish monster, what ...
Judith Evans, Lance Workman, Peter Mayer, Kevin Crowley (Brain Lang, 200211)
differential-bilingual-laterality-mythical-monster-wales.asp

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An electrophysiological and behavioral investigation of involuntary attention towards auditory frequency, duration and intensity changes.

We measured behavior and event-related brain potentials (ERPs) in 12 subjects performing on an audio-visual distraction paradigm to investigate the cerebral mechanisms of involuntary attention towards stimulus changes in the acoustic environment. ...
Carles Escera, Maria Jose Corral, Elena Yago (Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 200211)
electrophysiological-behavioral-investigation-involuntary-attention.asp

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Perceived entitativity, stereotype formation, and the interchangeability of group members.

The authors investigated the effects of perceived entitativity of a group on the processing of behavioral information about individual group members and the extent to which such information was transferred to other group members. The results of 3 ...
Matthew T Crawford, Steven J Sherman, David L Hamilton (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200211)
perceived-entitativity-stereotype-formation-interchangeability-group.asp

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Late maturation of visual hyperacuity.

We used a visual evoked-potential measure to study the development of two components of pattern vision, vernier acuity and grating acuity, in humans from early infancy through adolescence. These two visual functions develop at similar rates and have ...
Ann M Skoczenski, Anthony M Norcia (Psychol Sci, 200211)
late-maturation-visual-hyperacuity.asp

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Adolescents prenatally exposed to marijuana: examination of facets of complex behaviors and comparisons with the influence of in utero cigarettes.

For the purposes of this review, the impact of prenatal exposure to marijuana in adolescent offspring is discussed in the context that the effects may be apparent only when the multifaceted nature of complex behaviors is examined and that such exposure ...
Peter A Fried (J Clin Pharmacol, 200211)
adolescents-prenatally-exposed-marijuana-examination-facets-complex.asp

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Category-sensitive excitatory and inhibitory processes in human extrastriate cortex.

Single-cell recordings from the temporal lobe of monkeys viewing stimuli show that cells may be highly selective, responding for example to particular objects such as faces. However, stimulus-selective cells may be inhibited by nonpreferred stimuli. Can ...
Truett Allison, Aina Puce, Gregory McCarthy (J Neurophysiol, 200211)
category-sensitive-excitatory-inhibitory-processes-human-extrastriate.asp

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The effects of a confectionery snack on attention in young boys.

The relationship between consumption of a confectionery snack after an overnight fast and cognitive function was examined using a variety of cognitive tasks, including spatial memory, verbal memory, attention, visual perception and short-term memory, in ...
Caroline R Busch, Holly A Taylor, Robin B Kanarek, Phillip J Holcomb (Physiol Behav, 200211)
effects-confectionery-snack-attention-young-boys.asp

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Cortical deactivation induced by visual stimulation in human slow-wave sleep.

It has previously been demonstrated that sleeping and sedated young children respond with a paradoxical decrease in the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signal in the rostro-medial occipital visual ...
Alfred Peter Born, Ian Law, Torben E Lund, Egill Rostrup, Lars G Hanson, Gordon Wildschiødtz, Hans C Lou, Olaf B Paulson (Neuroimage, 200211)
cortical-deactivation-induced-visual-stimulation-human-slow-wave-sleep.asp

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Evidence for the utilization of distinctive features in nonlinear discrimination problems.

There is evidence that in human Pavlovian conditioning positive patterning (A-, B-, AB+) as well as negative patterning (A+, B+, AB-) are solved by applying abstract rules. In the present report we further investigated how humans solve patterning ...
Günter Reinhard, Harald Lachnit (Biol Psychol, 200211)
evidence-utilization-distinctive-features-nonlinear-discrimination.asp

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Spontaneous trait inferences are bound to actors faces: evidence from a false recognition paradigm.

A false recognition paradigm showed that spontaneous trait inferences (STIs) are bound to the person performing a trait-implying behavior. In 6 experiments, participants memorized faces and behavioral sentences. When faces were paired with implied traits ...
Alexander Todorov, James S Uleman (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200211)
spontaneous-trait-inferences-bound-actors-faces-evidence-false.asp