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Lukas Wesenberg; Felix Krieglstein; Sascha Schneider; Günter Daniel Rey – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2025
This study examined if the number of interruptions caused by interesting side notes in learning text is critical for the detrimental effect that is generally found when such seductive details are included, and consequently, if this effect can be mitigated by grouping these details together instead of interspersing them. Results confirmed that…
Descriptors: Interference (Learning), Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes, Transfer of Training
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Elisabeth C. McLane; S. Kyle Hatcher; Diana Selmeczy – Child Development, 2025
Prioritizing what information to learn based on value is a critical developmental skill. Across two studies, value-based memory was assessed predominately in White children aged 6- to 7-years-old and 9- to 10-years-old using a nationwide sample collected between 2020 and 2023. Children learned cue-target associations worth varying point values.…
Descriptors: Memory, Learning Strategies, Whites, Children
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Yashasvi Walia; Rajnish Kumar Gupta – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2025
Cognitive conflict and risk-taking behaviors are linked in complex ways. This study examined whether threat sensitivity explains the relationship between conflict monitoring and risk-taking in young adults. A sample of 204 university students (ages 18-25, mean = 20.55, SD = 2.14) completed a computerized Stroop task (cognitive conflict), the RT-18…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, College Students, Interference (Learning)