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Ambridge, Ben; Pine, Julian M.; Rowland, Caroline F. – Cognition, 2012
The present study investigated how children learn that some verbs may appear in the figure-locative but not the ground-locative construction (e.g., "Lisa poured water into the cup"; "*Lisa poured the cup with water"), with some showing the opposite pattern (e.g., "*Bart filled water into the cup"; "Bart filled the cup with water"), and others…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Grammar, Exhibits
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Obhi, Sukhvinder S.; Planetta, Peggy J.; Scantlebury, Jordan – Cognition, 2009
To investigate whether conscious judgments of movement onset are based solely on pre-movement signals (i.e., premotor or efference copy signals) or whether sensory feedback (i.e., reafferent) signals also play a role, participants judged the onset of finger and toe movements that were either active (i.e., self initiated) or passive (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Motion, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns
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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