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Hussey, Erika K.; Harbison, J. Isaiah; Teubner-Rhodes, Susan E.; Mishler, Alan; Velnoskey, Kayla; Novick, Jared M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
Cognitive control refers to adjusting thoughts and actions when confronted with conflict during information processing. We tested whether this ability is causally linked to performance on certain language and memory tasks by using cognitive control training to systematically modulate people's ability to resolve information-conflict across domains.…
Descriptors: Memory, Improvement, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing
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Pollmann, Thijs; Jansen, Carel – Cognition, 1996
Analyzed construction of approximative expressions with two numerals in Dutch. Found that choice of number words was not arbitrary and that various kinds of factors are involved. Results suggest that analogue magnitude code is used in estimating and comparing, and human cognition seems to be able to perform simple calculations with quantities,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Dutch, Factor Analysis