Let’s go beyond “the effect of”: reappraising the impact of ordinary activities on cognition
The demands of today’s society for interventions that optimize cognitive abilities and prevent their decline have motivated the translation of scientific findings into applied programs. Ordinary activities such as physical exercise, chess, meditation, playing video games or a musical instrument, as well as specific cognitive programs, have witnessed the growth of evidence emphasizing their cognitive benefits. Here, we outline several issues that need consideration before speculating on the implications of [...]
Spatial interference triggered by gaze and arrows. The role of target background on spatial interference
Recent evidence with a spatial interference paradigm has shown that arrows [...]
Emotion and concreteness effects when learning novel concepts in the native language
The aim of the present study was to test the proposal [...]
Ambiguous Sentence Processing in Translation
The goal of our research was to explore the possible [...]
Interfering Embodiment Effects on Chinese “Transfer Verbs”
This research aims to explore the processing of embodied meaning [...]
