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Direct linkDean, Graham M.; Dewhurst, Stephen A.; Morris, Peter E.; Whittaker, Annalise – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
Eight experiments investigated the effects of visual, spatial, auditory, and executive interference on the symbolic comparison of animal size and ferocity, semantic goodness of words, and numbers. Dynamic visual noise (DVN) and the reading of visually presented stimulus items were shown to selectively interfere with response times on the animal…
Descriptors: Semantics, Visualization, Interference (Language), Reaction Time
Graham, C. Ray; Belnap, R. Kirk – IRAL, 1986
Reports a study of native Spanish speakers' acquisition of the ability to discriminate lexically in English between similar items with different characteristics. The study also examined the role of first-language interference in the process. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage
