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Mioni, G.; Mattalia, G.; Stablum, F. – Brain and Cognition, 2013
In this study, we investigated time perception in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Fifteen TBI patients and 15 matched healthy controls participated in the study. Participants were tested with durations above and below 1s on three different temporal tasks that involved time reproduction, production, and discrimination tasks. Data…
Descriptors: Brain, Executive Function, Head Injuries, Short Term Memory
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Drews, Frank A.; Pasupathi, Monisha; Strayer, David L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2008
This study examines how conversing with passengers in a vehicle differs from conversing on a cell phone while driving. We compared how well drivers were able to deal with the demands of driving when conversing on a cell phone, conversing with a passenger, and when driving without any distraction. In the conversation conditions, participants were…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Simulation
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Raghubar, Kimberly; Cirino, Paul; Barnes, Marcia; Ewing-Cobbs, Linda; Fletcher, Jack; Fuchs, Lynn – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Errors in written multi-digit computation were investigated in children with math difficulties. Third- and fourth-grade children (n = 291) with coexisting math and reading difficulties, math difficulties, reading difficulties, or no learning difficulties were compared. A second analysis compared those with severe math learning difficulties, low…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities
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Brown, Scott D.; Marley, A. A. J.; Donkin, Christopher; Heathcote, Andrew – Psychological Review, 2008
Recent theoretical developments in the field of absolute identification have stressed differences between relative and absolute processes, that is, whether stimulus magnitudes are judged relative to a shorter term context provided by recently presented stimuli or a longer term context provided by the entire set of stimuli. The authors developed a…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Reaction Time, Models, Attention