Differential effects of semantic distance, distractor salience, and relations in verbal analogy.

Prior studies of A:B::C:D verbal analogies have identified several factors that affect performance, including the semantic similarity between source and target domains (semantic distance), the semantic association between the C-term and incorrect answers (distracter salience), and the type of relations between word pairs. However, it is unclear how these stimulus properties affect performance when utilized together. To test their interactive effects, we created a verbal analogy stimulus set that factorially crossed these factors and presented participants with an analogical stem (A:B::C:?) with two response choices: an analogically correct (D) and incorrect distracter (D') term.

Novel reading index for identifying disordered reading skill development: A preliminary study.

Children with ADHD are at high risk of developing a Reading Disability (RD), although the reasons remain unclear. ADHD-associated impairments, including processing speed, can complicate clinical evaluation for a co-occurring RD diagnosis. We propose a novel metric to (a) assess reading development and (b) provide an alternative method to classifying readers that may aid investigations for etiologies of RD in ADHD.

Integrative Priming of Compositional and Locative Relations.

Integrative priming refers to the facilitated recognition of a target word () as a real word following a prime (). Prior integrative priming studies have used a wide variety of integrative relations including temporal (), topical (), locative (), and compositional () relations. Yet differences in the types of integrative relations may yield differences in the underlying explanatory processes of integrative priming.

Narcissism, self-esteem, and the phenomenology of autobiographical memories.

Across two studies, we investigated the influence of narcissism and self-esteem along with gender on phenomenological ratings across the four subscales of the Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire (AMQ; impact, recollection, rehearsal, and belief). Memory cues varied in valence (positive vs. negative) and agency (agentic vs.

Clever and crude but not kind: narcissism, self-esteem, and the self-reference effect.

According to the agency model of narcissism (Campbell, Brunell, & Finkel, 2006) narcissists view themselves as high on agentic traits but low on communal traits. To test if this self-view extends to recall, two experiments examined the extent to which narcissism was associated with self-ratings and recall of agentic and communal traits that varied in valence. Across both experiments a trait description task was followed by a surprise recall task for the trait words and then completion of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Raskin & Terry, 1988).

Different influences on lexical priming for integrative, thematic, and taxonomic relations.

Word pairs may be integrative (i.e., combination of two concepts into one meaningful entity; e.

Executive Functions after Age 5: Changes and Correlates.

Research and theorizing on executive function (EF) in childhood has been disproportionately focused on preschool age children. This review paper outlines the importance of examining EF throughout childhood, and even across the lifespan. First, examining EF in older children can address the question of whether EF is a unitary construct.

Pure mediated priming: a retrospective semantic matching model.

Mediated priming refers to the activation of a target (e.g., stripes) by a prime (e.

Integrative priming occurs rapidly and uncontrollably during lexical processing.

Lexical priming, whereby a prime word facilitates recognition of a related target word (e.g., nurse --> doctor), is typically attributed to association strength, semantic similarity, or compound familiarity.

An asymmetric effect of relational integration on recognition memory.

Two experiments assessed whether conceptual relations (e.g., contains: COOKIE JAR) facilitate the retrieval of concepts (e.