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Nozari, Nazbanou; Dell, Gary S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
This article describes an initial study of the effect of focused attention on phonological speech errors. In 3 experiments, participants recited 4-word tongue twisters and focused attention on 1 (or none) of the words. The attended word was singled out differently in each experiment; participants were under instructions to avoid errors on the…
Descriptors: Language Research, Attention, Pronunciation, Error Patterns
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Landy, David; Brookes, David; Smout, Ryan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Formal algebras are among the most powerful and general mechanisms for expressing quantitative relational statements; yet, even university engineering students, who are relatively proficient with algebraic manipulation, struggle with and often fail to correctly deploy basic aspects of algebraic notation (Clement, 1982). In the cognitive tradition,…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Algebra, Number Concepts, Equations (Mathematics)