Stites, Mallory C. Matzen, Laura E. Gastelum, Zoe N.
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BackgroundInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards inspectors are faced with the difficult task of learning the layout of complex nuclear facilities while being escorted through the facilities. This study addresses a gap in the literature regarding how to best support the development of inspectors’ spatial knowledge, given the constrain...
Vieites, Vanessa Pruden, Shannon M. Reeb-Sutherland, Bethany C.
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BackgroundAnyone who has ever found themselves lost while driving in an unfamiliar neighborhood or forgotten where they parked their car can appreciate the importance of being able to navigate their environment. Navigation, or wayfinding, is a large-scale spatial ability that involves keeping track of the relative positions of objects and features ...
Bourne, Kimberly A. Boland, Sarah C. Arnold, Grace C. Coane, Jennifer H.
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BackgroundSocial media content is well-remembered, possibly because of its personal relevance and gossipy nature. It is unclear whether the mnemonic advantage of social media extends to a population less familiar with these platforms and whether knowing the content is from social media sources influences memory. This study examined how the presenta...
Johnson, Scott P. Moore, David S.
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Mental rotation (MR) is the ability to transform a mental representation of an object so as to accurately predict how the object would look from a different angle (Sci 171:701–703, 1971), and it is involved in a number of important cognitive and behavioral activities. In this review we discuss recent studies that have examined MR in infants and the...
Stacchi, Lisa Huguenin-Elie, Eva Caldara, Roberto Ramon, Meike
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BackgroundUnfamiliar face processing is an ability that varies considerably between individuals. Numerous studies have aimed to identify its underlying determinants using controlled experimental procedures. While such tests can isolate variables that influence face processing, they usually involve somewhat unrealistic situations and optimized face ...
Paap, Kenneth R. Anders-Jefferson, Regina Zimiga, Brandon Mason, Lauren Mikulinsky, Roman
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BackgroundTwo-hundred one college undergraduates completed four nonverbal interference tasks (Simon, spatial Stroop, vertical Stroop, and flanker) and trait scales of self-control and impulsivity. Regression analyses tested 11 predictors of the composite interference scores derived from three of the four tasks and each task separately. The purpose ...
Zheng, Min Marsh, Jessecae K. Nickerson, Jeffrey V. Kleinberg, Samantha
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BackgroundCausality is inherently linked to decision-making, as causes let us better predict the future and intervene to change it by showing which variables have the capacity to affect others. Recent advances in machine learning have made it possible to learn causal models from observational data. While these models have the potential to aid human...
Böhm, Mateja F. Bayen, Ute J. Schaper, Marie Luisa
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Event-based prospective memory (PM) involves carrying out intentions when specific events occur and is ubiquitous in everyday life. It consists of a prospective component (remembering that something must be done) and a retrospective component (remembering what must be done and when). Subjective sleep-related variables may be related to PM performan...
Sha, Li Z. Toh, Yi Ni Remington, Roger W. Jiang, Yuhong V.
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Extensive research has shown that practice yields highly specific perceptual learning of simple visual properties such as orientation and contrast. Does this same learning characterize more complex perceptual skills? Here we investigated perceptual learning of complex medical images. Novices underwent training over four sessions to discriminate whi...
Weatherford, Dawn R. Erickson, William Blake Thomas, Jasmyne Walker, Mary E. Schein, Barret
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In many real-world settings, individuals rarely present another person’s ID, which increases the likelihood that a screener will fail to detect it. Three experiments examined how within-person variability (i.e., differences between two images of the same person) and feedback may have influenced criterion shifting, thought to be one of the sources o...
