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Rezazadeh, Mohsen; Zarrinabadi, Nourollah – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between need for closure and need for cognition and foreign language anxiety and enjoyment. The participants of the study were 232 EFL learners at a university in Iran. Self-report questionnaires on need for closure, need for cognition, foreign language classroom anxiety and foreign language enjoyment were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Processes
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Bertilsson, Frida; Wiklund-Hörnqvist, Carola; Stenlund, Tova; Jonsson, Bert – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2017
Retrieval practice is known to lead to better retention of a to-be-learned material than restudy (i.e., the testing effect). However, few studies have investigated retrieval practice in relation to working memory capacity (WMC) and personality characteristics such as grittiness (Grit) and need for cognition (NFC). In two experiments, we examined…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Short Term Memory, Testing, Personality Traits
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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