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O'Séaghdha, Pádraig G.; Frazer, Alexandra K. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Form preparation in word production, the benefit of exploiting a useful common sound (such as the first phoneme) of iteratively spoken small groups of words, is notoriously fastidious, exhibiting a seemingly categorical, all-or-none character and a corresponding susceptibility to "killers" of preparation. In particular, the presence of a…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Phonology
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Fitousi, Daniel; Wenger, Michael J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011
Variations in perceptual and cognitive demands (load) play a major role in determining the efficiency of selective attention. According to load theory (Lavie, Hirst, Fockert, & Viding, 2004) these factors (a) improve or hamper selectivity by altering the way resources (e.g., processing capacity) are allocated, and (b) tap resources rather than…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level