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Changes in medial cortical blood flow with a stimulus-response compatibility task
(Elsevier, 1994-02)
Previous work has suggested that human subjects engaged in tasks, like the Stroop task, that require response selection utilize the medical frontal cortex. We used positron emission tomography to measure blood flow changes ...
Parallel augmentation of hippocampal long-term potentiation, theta rhythm, and contextual fear conditioning in water-deprived rats
(1994-02)
The influence of water deprivation on hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), theta rhythm, and contextual fear conditioning in rats was examined. In Experiment 1, hippocampal EEG activity and perforant path LTP were ...
A longitudinal study of household change on African American adolescents
(Journal of Community Psychology, 2011)
The effects of statistical training on thinking about everyday problems
(Elsevier, 1986-07)
People possess an abstract inferential rule system that is an intuitive version of the law of large numbers. Because the rule system is not tied to any particular content domain, it is possible to improve it by formal ...
Further explorations in empowerment theory: An empirical analysis of psychological empowerment
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1992-12)
Review of Graph Comprehension Research: Implications for Instruction
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-03)
Graphs are commonly used in textbooks and educational software, and can help students understand science and social science data. However, students sometimes have difficulty comprehending information depicted in graphs. ...
Differential effects of ketamine and MK-801 on the induction of long-term potentiation
(1991-05)
Ketamine and MK-801 are phencyclidine (PCP)-like noncompetitive antagonists of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor that produce a use-dependent blockade of the NMDA receptor-coupled channel. Recent studies have suggested ...
The halo effect: Evidence for unconscious alteration of judgments
(American Psychological Association, 1977)
The acquisition of procedures from text: A production-system analysis of transfer of training
(Elsevier, 1986-10)
Learning a cognitive skill from written instructions can be viewed as consisting of converting the propositional content of the written material into a representation of procedural knowledge, such as production rules. In ...
Multidimensional inventory of Black identity: Preliminary investigation of reliability and construct validity
(Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1997)