Exploring Retrieval Induced Forgetting with Ad Hoc Categories
The retrieval-practice paradigm has demonstrated that the act of selectively recovering some of the previously studied items from a category impairs the retrieval of the remaining items from that category, as compared to the retrieval of information from non-practiced categories (retrieval-induced forgetting); the practiced items are also better remembered than the items from non-practiced categories (a facilitation effect). This paradigm typically uses semantic categories, but its classic effects have been [...]
Onset and offset as determinants of the Simon effect
We investigated the presence and the characteristics of the Simon effect [...]
Phonetic category cues in adult-directed speech: Evidence from three languages with distinct vowel characteristics
Using an artificial language learning manipulation, Maye, Werker, and Gerken (2002) [...]
Discourse updating after reading a counterfactual event
This paper explores the temporal course of discourse updating after [...]
Comparison of three software programs for evaluating DIF by means of the Mantel-Haenszel procedure: EASY-DIF, DIFAS and EZDIF
The analysis of differential item functioning (DIF) examines whether item [...]
