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Kaakinen, Johanna K.; Olkoniemi, Henri; Kinnari, Taina; Hyönä, Jukka – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2014
We examined processing of written irony by recording readers' eye movements while they read target phrases embedded either in ironic or non-ironic story context. After reading each story, participants responded to a text memory question and an inference question tapping into the understanding of the meaning of the target phrase. The results of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Story Reading, Eye Movements, Memory
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Haavisto, Marja-Leena; Lehto, Juhani E. – Learning & Individual Differences, 2005
Fluid/spatial intelligence, crystallized intelligence and their relationships to verbal and visuospatial working memory (WM) were studied. A total of 120 Finnish Air Force recruits participated in this study. Fluid/spatial intelligence was assessed using four different tasks, while crystallized intelligence was defined with the help of test scores…
Descriptors: Memory, Spatial Ability, Foreign Countries, Verbal Ability