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View article: Ethical challenges in the use of digital technologies in psychological science: Introduction to the special issue.
Ethical challenges in the use of digital technologies in psychological science: Introduction to the special issue. Open
Digital technologies are pervasive in every aspect of our daily lives. The proliferation of such technologies has also influenced the conduct of biomedical, behavioral, and social research. The articles in this special issue provide illust…
View article: The tip-of-the-Mandarin tongue: phonological and orthographic priming of TOT resolution in Mandarin speakers
The tip-of-the-Mandarin tongue: phonological and orthographic priming of TOT resolution in Mandarin speakers Open
Studies of tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) experiences in English have shown that priming the TOT’s first syllable, especially a low-frequency one, helps to resolve the TOT. We explored whether priming of TOT resolution occurs in Mandarin, a langu…
View article: What makes a tumour worse: Taboo context affects how emotional distractors influence picture naming
What makes a tumour worse: Taboo context affects how emotional distractors influence picture naming Open
Strong emotional words tend to command attention and disrupt cognitive processing. Three experiments investigated whether taboo context, defined by the inclusion of taboo distractors in a picture-word interference task, influences how a di…
View article: Novel associative processing and aging: effect on creative production
Novel associative processing and aging: effect on creative production Open
Creative production has been reported to decline with age. This study investigated age-related differences in creative verbal production. Participants were 30 younger and 30 older adults. Study testing included language and cognitive asses…
View article: Age-Related Increases in Verbal Knowledge Are Not Associated With Word Finding Problems in the Cam-CAN Cohort: What You Know Won’t Hurt You
Age-Related Increases in Verbal Knowledge Are Not Associated With Word Finding Problems in the Cam-CAN Cohort: What You Know Won’t Hurt You Open
OBJECTIVE: We tested the claim that age-related increases in knowledge interfere with word retrieval, leading to word finding failures. We did this by relating a measure of crystallized intelligence to tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) states and pi…
View article: Lions, tigers, and bears, oh sh!t: Semantics versus tabooness in speech production
Lions, tigers, and bears, oh sh!t: Semantics versus tabooness in speech production Open
View article: The Tip-of-the-Tongue phenomenon
The Tip-of-the-Tongue phenomenon Open
The process of speech production occurs relatively effortlessly, despite complex cognitive processes that underlie word retrieval. However, sometimes these processes do break down and result in a production failure called a tip-of-the-tong…
View article: Cognition, Language and Aging
Cognition, Language and Aging Open
Age-related changes in cognitive and language functions have been extensively researched over the past half-century. The older adult represents a unique population for studying cognition and language because of the many challenges that are…