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Rieger, Martina; Martinez, Fanny; Wenke, Dorit – Cognition, 2011
Using a typing task we investigated whether insufficient imagination of errors and error corrections is related to duration differences between execution and imagination. In Experiment 1 spontaneous error imagination was investigated, whereas in Experiment 2 participants were specifically instructed to imagine errors. Further, in Experiment 2 we…
Descriptors: Keyboarding (Data Entry), Investigations, Office Occupations, Visual Discrimination
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Notebaert, Wim; Houtman, Femke; Van Opstal, Filip; Gevers, Wim; Fias, Wim; Verguts, Tom – Cognition, 2009
It is generally assumed that slowing after errors is a cognitive control effect reflecting more careful response strategies after errors. However, clinical data are not compatible with this explanation. We therefore consider two alternative explanations, one referring to the possibility of a persisting underlying problem and one on the basis of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Research Methodology, Preschool Children, Cognitive Development
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Blair, Mark R.; Watson, Marcus R.; Meier, Kimberly M. – Cognition, 2009
Learning to identify objects as members of categories is an essential cognitive skill and learning to deploy attention effectively is a core component of that process. The present study investigated an assumption imbedded in formal models of categorization: error is necessary for attentional learning. Eye-trackers were used to record participants'…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Classification, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Development