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A language-familiarity effect for speaker discrimination without comprehension [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The influence of language familiarity upon speaker identification is well established, to such an extent that it has been argued that “Human voice recognition depends on language ability” [Perrachione TK, Del Tufo SN, Gabrieli JDE (2011) Science 333(6042)
Belin, Pascal   +3 more
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Effect of familiarity and recollection during constrained retrieval on incidental encoding for new “foil” information

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Behavioral studies have demonstrated differences in the effect of constrained retrieval of semantic vs. non-semantic information on the encoding of foils.
Mingyang Yu, Can Cui, Yingjie Jiang
doaj   +1 more source

The role of ‘familiarity’ in Mandarin Chinese speakers’ metapragmatic evaluations of Australian conversational humour

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2022
Although research on humorous practices of Anglo-Australians has received much attention, the understanding of those practices by members of various multilingual communities in Australia has not been much studied. In this paper, we look at metapragmatic
Wei-Lin Melody Chang   +1 more
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Evidence for the influence of the mere-exposure effect on voting in the Eurovision Song Contest

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2012
The mere exposure, or familiarity, effect is the tendency for people to feel more positive about stimuli to which they have previously been exposed. The Eurovision Song Contest is a two-stage event, in which some contestants in the final will be more ...
Diarmuid B. Verrier
doaj   +1 more source

Covid-19 Has Turned Home Advantage Into Home Disadvantage in the German Soccer Bundesliga

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2020
The main factors for home advantage (HA), quantified by the number of points won at home expressed as a percentage of all points, are believed to be crowd support, territoriality, familiarity, and travel fatigue.
Markus Tilp, Sigrid Thaller
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Factors in cognitive processing of Japanese loanwords by advanced Chinese Japanese-as-a-foreign-language learners

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionPrevious studies have highlighted the challenges faced by Chinese Japanese-as-a-foreign-language (JFL) learners (whose L2 is English) in acquiring L3 Japanese loanwords.
Yaoyao Geng, Qichao Song, Xiaodong Fei
doaj   +1 more source

Onset of word form recognition in English, Welsh, and English-Welsh bilingual infants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Children raised in the home as English or Welsh monolinguals or English–Welsh bilinguals were tested on untrained word form recognition using both behavioral and neurophysiological procedures.
Keren-Portnoy, Tamar   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Familiarity affects social network structure and discovery of prey patch locations in foraging stickleback shoals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Numerous factors affect the fine-scale social structure of animal groups, but it is unclear how important such factors are in determining how individuals encounter resources. Familiarity affects shoal choice and structure in many social fishes.
Atton, N.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Developing Iran's Image Model as Tourist Destination: A Mixed method [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های مدیریت عمومی, 2015
The aim of current study was to examine the effect of perceived risk of potential tourist, middle-east image and familiarity on Iran’ image destination. For this purpose, a mixed method approach was considered.
Somayeh Mahmoodi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of demonstrator familiarity and language cues on infant imitation from television [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
An imitation procedure was used to investigate the impact of demonstrator familiarity and language cues on infant learning from television. Eighteen-month-old infants watched two pre-recorded videos showing an adult demonstrating a sequence of actions ...
Balaban   +56 more
core   +2 more sources

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