Syntax matters in shaping sensorimotor activation driven by nouns
Mem Cognit. 2023 Sep 6. doi: 10.3758/s13421-023-01460-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExisting evidence has shown that adjectives modulate the grasp-compatibility effect elicited by object nouns. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of syntax on the sensorimotor activation elicited by nouns in a grasp-compatibility task. We assessed two languages with different syntactic rules, Italian in Experiment 1 and English in Experiment 2. In both experiments, an adjective-noun pair was shown on the screen. The adjective was always in a pre-nominal position and denoted either a disadvantageous quality of the obj...
Source: Memory and Cognition - September 6, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Gioacchino Garofalo Elena Gherri Lucia Riggio Source Type: research
Examining the cognitive processes underlying resumption costs in task-interruption contexts: Decay or inhibition of suspended task goals?
Mem Cognit. 2023 Sep 6. doi: 10.3758/s13421-023-01458-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo examine whether an ongoing primary task is inhibited when switching to an interruption task, we implemented the n - 2 backward inhibition paradigm into a task-interruption setting. In two experiments, subjects performed two primary tasks (block-wise manipulation) consisting of a predefined sequence of three subtasks. The primary tasks differed regarding whether the last subtask switched or repeated relative to the penultimate subtask, resulting in n - 1 switch subtasks (e.g., ABC) and n - 1 repetition subtasks (e.g., ACC) as the last ...
Source: Memory and Cognition - September 6, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Patricia Hirsch Luca Moretti Sibel Askin Iring Koch Source Type: research
Inferring shape transformations in a drawing task
Mem Cognit. 2023 Sep 5. doi: 10.3758/s13421-023-01452-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany objects and materials in our environment are subject to transformations that alter their shape. For example, branches bend in the wind, ice melts, and paper crumples. Still, we recognize objects and materials across these changes, suggesting we can distinguish an object's original features from those caused by the transformations ("shape scission"). Yet, if we truly understand transformations, we should not only be able to identify their signatures but also actively apply the transformations to new objects (i.e., through imagination...
Source: Memory and Cognition - September 5, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Filipp Schmidt Henning Tiedemann Roland W Fleming Yaniv Morgenstern Source Type: research
Looking more criminal: It's not so black and white
Mem Cognit. 2023 Aug 28. doi: 10.3758/s13421-023-01451-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrior research regarding the influence of face structure on character judgments and first impressions reveals that bias for certain face-types is ubiquitous, but these studies primarily used decontextualized White faces for stimuli. Given the disadvantages Black men face in the legal system, this study aimed to investigate whether the criminal face-type presented in the context of crime influenced different legal system-type judgments as a function of perpetrator race. In a mixed-model design, participants saw Black and White computer-g...
Source: Memory and Cognition - August 28, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ashley M Meacham Heather M Kleider-Offutt Friederike Funk Source Type: research
