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Intrinsic Reward Modulates Word Learning in Both Oral and Written Contexts [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cognition
Previous studies show that word learning from context can be intrinsically rewarding, even in the absence of external feedback or incentives. Intrinsic reward activates the brain’s reward-memory circuit, leading to enhanced memory for words people ...
Haniya Zaka   +3 more
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The Weight of Words

open access: yesJournal of Modern Languages, 2017
This study attempts to maintaine that, while we cannot dismiss the written word, which is part and parcel of our history, we have to analyse the spoken word and assess how important it is in our present society.
Laurent Metzger
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Examining the central and peripheral processes of written word production through meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2011
Producing written words requires central cognitive processes (such as orthographic long-term and working memory) as well as more peripheral processes responsible for generating the motor actions needed for producing written words in a variety of formats (
Jeremy ePurcell   +3 more
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Written word of Pavle M. Vujević [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Geografski Fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, 2021
After completing Serbian Orthodox Gimnasium in 1889, in Novi Sad, Pavle M. Vujević, he has been studied geography in Vienna, where in 1904 he defended doctoral disertation.
Stanković Stevan
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Communications in the time of a pandemic: the readability of documents for public consumption

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective: Government communications in a crisis can influence public health outcomes. This research aimed to investigate if written communications of the most commonly sought sources of COVID‐19 information available on the internet have readability ...
Catherine Ferguson   +2 more
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How Does Word Length Evolve in Written Chinese? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
We demonstrate a substantial evidence that the word length can be an essential lexical structural feature for word evolution in written Chinese. The data used in this study are diachronic Chinese short narrative texts with a time span of over 2000-years.
Heng Chen, Junying Liang, Haitao Liu
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Clifford Stoll (1996) Silicon Snake Oil. Book review by Mike Eisenberg

open access: yesJournal of Interactive Media in Education, 1999
: Stoll, C. (1996) 'Silicon Snake Oil'. Anchor Books. New York. Book review by Mike Eisenberg (March, 1999).
Mike Eisenberg
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Contributions toward Understanding the Acquisition of Eight Aspects of Vocabulary Knowledge

open access: yesTheory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition, 2023
With the intent of adding to the literature leading toward a more complete theory of second language vocabulary acquisition, this study elicited accuracy data from 110 ESL learners ranging from novice high to advanced low on 64 words randomly selected ...
K. James Hartshorn, Aylin Surer
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When does word frequency influence written production?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2013
The aim of the present study was to explore the central (e.g., lexical processing) and peripheral processes (motor preparation and execution) underlying word production during typewriting.
Cristina eBaus   +3 more
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Cascaded processing in written compound word production

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015
In this study we investigated the intricate interplay between central linguistic processing and peripheral motor processes during typewriting. Participants had to typewrite two-constituent (noun-noun) Finnish compounds in response to picture presentation
Raymond eBertram   +5 more
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