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The Acquisition of Simple Associations as Observed in Color-Word Contingency Learning
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Lin, Olivia Y.-H.; MacLeod, Colin M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
Three experiments investigated the learning of simple associations in a color-word contingency task. Participants responded manually to the print colors of 3 words, with each word associated strongly to 1 of the 3 colors and weakly to the other 2 colors. Despite the words being irrelevant, response times to high-contingency stimuli and to…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Learning Processes, Contingency Management, Color
Different Levels of Learning Interact to Shape the Congruency Sequence Effect
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Weissman, Daniel H.; Hawks, Zoë W.; Egner, Tobias – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
The congruency effect in distracter interference tasks is often reduced after incongruent relative to congruent trials. Moreover, this "congruency sequence effect" (CSE) is influenced by learning related to concrete stimulus and response features as well as by learning related to abstract cognitive control processes. There is an ongoing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experiments, Learning Processes, Stimuli
Mimicking Infants' Early Language Experience Does Not Improve Adult Learning Outcomes
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Hudson Kam, Carla L. – Language Learning and Development, 2018
Adult learners know that language is for communicating and that there are patterns in the language that need to be learned. This affects the way they engage with language input; they search for form-meaning linkages, and this effortful engagement could interfere with their learning, especially for things like grammatical gender that often have at…
Descriptors: Infants, Adult Learning, Grammar, Language Patterns
Secondary-Task Effects on Learning with Multimedia: An Investigation through Eye-Movement Analysis
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Acarturk, Cengiz; Ozcelik, Erol – Journal of Experimental Education, 2017
This study investigates secondary-task interference on eye movements through learning with multimedia. We focus on the relationship between the influence of the secondary task on the eye movements of learners, and the learning outcomes as measured by retention, matching, and transfer. Half of the participants performed a spatial tapping task while…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Pictorial Stimuli
The Relationship between Fluid Intelligence and Learning Potential: Is There an Interaction with Attentional Control?
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Filicková, Marta; Ropovik, Ivan; Bobaková, Monika; Kovalcíková, Iveta – Journal of Pedagogy, 2015
The main aim of the study was to explore the relationship between fluid intelligence (gf), attentional control (AC), and learning potential (LP), and to investigate the interaction effect between gf and AC on LP. The sample comprised 210 children attending the fourth grade of a standard elementary school. It was hypothesized that the extent of the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Attention Control, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Semantic Connection or Visual Connection: Investigating the True Source of Confusion
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Ishii, Tomoko – Language Teaching Research, 2015
It has been repeatedly argued among vocabulary researchers that semantically related words should not be taught simultaneously because they can interfere with each other. However, the question of what types of relatedness cause interference has rarely been examined carefully. In addition, there are disagreements among the past studies that have…
Descriptors: Semantics, Memory, Vocabulary Development, Interference (Language)