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Visual short-term memory and attention: An investigation of familiarity and stroke count in Chinese characters.
Using Chinese characters, we investigated how stroke count and frequency of use influence attention and short-term memory (STM) encoding in Mainland Chinese speakers. To isolate specific components of attention we employed the Theory of Visual Attention (TVA), which allowed estimates of STM capacity, processing speed, and the threshold of visual perception. An analysis of TVA parameters revealed that familiarity affects both the memory capacity and processing speed of objects, whereas the threshold for visual perception remained unaffected. Interestingly, our results also indicate that modulation of attention is driven sol...
Source: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition - September 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Chinese Australian Neuropsychological Normative Study: Neuropsychological Test Norms for Chinese Australians Aged 55 –90 Years
ConclusionThe influence of demographic variables and reliability coefficients of neuropsychological tests developed for dominant western cultural groups cannot be assumed to be the same across CALD groups. Use of CALD‐specific norms is recommended to increase the reliability and validity of neuropsychological testing.
Source: Australian Psychologist - March 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karen Wallace, Jamie Berry, Edwin Arthur Shores Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Learning to write: The role of handwriting for Chinese spelling in kindergarten children.
Given the orthographic complexities of Chinese characters, handwriting skills may play an important role in how children learn to write Chinese. The present study includes a comprehensive battery of handwriting measures in relation to Chinese spelling in young children. Measures of handwriting, including stroke order, visual-motor integration (Hebrew and Vietnamese copying) and handwriting fluency, along with other reading-related cognitive skills, were administered to 141 kindergartners in Hong Kong schools. We assessed the extent to which these handwriting measures are associated with spelling. A series of regression ana...
Source: Journal of Educational Psychology - January 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Dl-3-n-Butylphthalide Protects against Memory Deficits in Vascular Dementia Rats by Attenuating Pyroptosis via TLR-4/NF- κB Signaling Pathway
Conclusion: These findings demonstrate that NBP protects against memory deficits in permanent bilateral common carotid artery occlusion-induced VD rats by attenuating pyroptosis via the TLR-4/NF- κB signaling pathway.Neuropsychobiology
Source: Neuropsychobiology - March 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research