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Knutsen, Dominique; Le Bigot, Ludovic – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
As speakers interact, they add references to their common ground, which they can then reuse to facilitate listener comprehension. However, all references are not equally likely to be reused. The purpose of this study was to shed light on how the speakers' conceptualizations of the referents under discussion affect reuse (along with a generation…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Memory, Perspective Taking
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Dignath, David; Pfister, Roland; Eder, Andreas B.; Kiesel, Andrea; Kunde, Wilfried – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
We examined whether a temporal interval between an action and its sensory effect is integrated in the cognitive action structure in a bidirectional fashion. In 3 experiments, participants first experienced that actions produced specific acoustic effects (high and low tones) that occurred temporally delayed after their actions. In a following test…
Descriptors: Intervals, Cognitive Structures, Time, Acoustics
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Smith, Alastair D.; Hood, Bruce M.; Gilchrist, Iain D. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2010
Finding an object in our environment is an important human ability that also represents a critical component of human foraging behavior. One type of information that aids efficient large-scale search is the likelihood of the object being in one location over another. In this study we investigated the conditions under which individuals respond to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Probability, Search Strategies, Spatial Ability