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Davis, Danielle K.; Abrams, Lise – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
When people read questions like "How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the ark?", many mistakenly answer "2" despite knowing that Noah sailed the ark. This "Moses illusion" occurs when names share semantic features. Two experiments examined whether shared "visual" concepts (facial features)…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Semantics, Visual Stimuli, Interference (Learning)
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Mathur, Smita; Parameswaran, Gowri – American Journal of Play, 2015
The authors explore gender differences in the play of children of migrant farm workers from Mexico. They review the literature that indicates children exhibit gender differences in their play as early as three years old, but the authors claim their findings do not corroborate the existing research on gender differences in play. The twenty-one…
Descriptors: Play, Gender Differences, Migrant Children, Migrant Workers