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Conceptual knowledge modulates memory recognition of common items: The selectiv...
Souza, C.; Garrido, M. V.; Horchak, O.V.; Carmo, J. C.This work examines the influence of stored conceptual knowledge (i.e., schema and item-typicality) on conscious memory processes. Specifically, we tested whether item-typicality selectively modulates recollection and familiarity-based memories as a function of the availability of a categorical schema during encoding. Experiment 1 manipulated both encoding type (categorical vs. perceptual) and item-typicality (t...
Dropping bowling balls on tomatoes: representations of object state-changes dur...
Horchak, O.V.; Garrido, M. V.Previous research showed that verifying a pictured object mentioned in a preceding sentence takes less time when the pictured object shape is compatible with the described object location or spatial position. In the current work we asked if nonvisual information is integrated into the mental model when the target object shape is implied by virtue of a description of a heavy versus light item being dropped on it...
Explicit (not implicit) attitudes mediate the focus of attention during sentenc...
Horchak, O.V.; Garrido, M. V.Many studies showed that comprehenders monitor changes in protagonists’ emotions and actions. This article reports two experiments that explored how focusing comprehenders’ attention on a particular property of the protagonist dimension (e.g., emotional or action state) affects the accessibility of information about target objects mentioned in the sentence. Furthermore, the present research examined whether par...
Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: making transparent how design choices shape res...
Landy, J. F.; Jia; M.; Ding, I. L.; Viganola, D.; Tierney, W; Dreber, A.; Johannesson, M.; Pfeiffer, T.; Ebersole, C.; Gronau, Q. F.; Ly, A.To what extent are research results influenced by subjective decisions that scientists make as they design studies? Fifteen research teams independently designed studies to answer five original research questions related to moral judgments, negotiations, and implicit cognition. Participants from 2 separate large samples (total N > 15,000) were then randomly assigned to complete 1 version of each study. Effect s...