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A pupillometric study of developmental and individual differences in cognitive effort in visual word recognition

Scientific Reports, 2022
Throughout the history of modern psychology, the neural basis of cognitive performance, and particularly its efficiency, has been assumed to be an essential determinant of developmental and individual differences in a wide range of human behaviors. Here,
Adi Shechter, Ronen Hershman, David L. Share   +2 more
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Math Anxiety Is Related to Math Difficulties and Composed of Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Predisposition: A Network Analysis Study

Brain Sciences, 2021
Current evidence suggests emotion regulation is an important factor in both math anxiety and math performance, but the interplay between these constructs is unexamined.
Lital Daches Cohen, Nachshon Korem, Orly Rubinsten   +2 more
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Intra-Subject Variability in Mathematical Learning Difficulties

Journal of Cognition, 2022
Objective: Mathematical learning difficulties (MLD) are characterized by difficulties in the understanding and processing of numbers and quantities. While MLD is related mainly to numerical deficits, studies show that this population has several other ...
Sharon Levy, Liat Goldfarb
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Females' negative affective valence to math-related words

Acta Psychologica, 2021
Emotional perceptions of math-related information can have profound effects on attitudes about math, which, in turn, may lead to decreased math achievements.
Lital Daches Cohen, Lilach Layzer Yavin, Orly Rubinsten   +2 more
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Note-Taking Skill Among Bilingual Students in Academia: Literacy, Language and Cognitive Examination

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
The ability to take notes while listening to a lecture is important and complicated. The main goal of the current study was to examine note-taking skills among students with Hebrew as a first language (L1) and students with Arabic as a first language and
Mona Asaly-Zetawi, Orly Lipka, Orly Lipka   +2 more
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Reading Self-Concept and Reading Anxiety in Second Grade Children: The Roles of Word Reading, Emergent Literacy Skills, Working Memory and Gender

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Background: Most studies in the field of reading have focused on the linguistic and cognitive factors. Less is known about the affective aspects of reading in young readers, such as self-perceptions of reading, and reading anxiety.Aims: This study aimed ...
Tami Katzir, Young-Suk G. Kim, Shahar Dotan   +2 more
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The Effect of Font Size on Children’s Memory and Metamemory

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Recently, there has been a growing interest in the effect of perceptual features of learning materials on adults’ memory and metamemory. Previous studies consistently have found that adults use font size as a cue when monitoring their learning, judging ...
Vered Halamish, Hila Nachman, Tami Katzir   +2 more
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Wechsler Scale Intelligence Testing in Males with Dystrophinopathies: A Review and Meta-Analysis

Brain Sciences, 2022
Background: Intelligence scores in males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) remain a major issue in clinical practice.
Pien M. M. Weerkamp, Eva M. Mol, Dirk J. J. Sweere, Debby G. M. Schrans, R. Jeroen Vermeulen, Sylvia Klinkenberg, Petra P. M. Hurks, Jos G. M. Hendriksen   +7 more
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Health and Social Care Staff Awareness of Menopausal Symptoms in Adults With Intellectual Disability: Results From a Survey

BJPsych Open
Aims Menopausal symptoms often go unrecognised in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). There is growing societal awareness of the impact of menopause on mental health, yet this has not been replicated in the ID population. In light of this, we
Jack Wilson, Niall O'Kane, Bernice Knight, Angelica Lindsey-Clark, Jessdeep Rai   +4 more
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The short- and long-term effects of a computerized reading training program on reading self-concept in second and third grade readers

Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2019
While computerized reading programs were found to enhance reading skills, less is known about their influence on reading self-concept (RSC). The current study aimed to examine short- and long-term effects of two versions of a computerized reading ...
Ronen Kasperski, Michal Shany, Tal Erez-Hod, Tami Katzir   +3 more
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