Age of acquisition (AoA) ratings were obtained and were used in hierarchical regression
analyses to predict naming and lexical-decision performance for 2,342 words (from Balota, …

To the extent that individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) reflect differences
in attention (Baddeley, 1993; Engle, Kane, & Tuholski, 1999), differences in WMC should …

Objective: Attention allocation to threat is perturbed in patients with posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), with some studies indicating excess attention to threat and others indicating …

Age of acquisition (AoA) ratings made on a 1-7 scale for 3,000 monosyllabic words were
obtained from 32 participants across four blocks of 750 trials (two blocks of 750 trials were …

We provide imageability estimates for 3,000 disyllabic words (as supplementary materials
that may be downloaded with the article from www.springerlink.com ). Imageability is a widely …

In this study, I examined the impact of periodic pop quizzes on cumulative final exam scores.
Specifically, I compared the impact of using no quizzes, graded quizzes, and ungraded …

In two studies, participants studied 30 lists of 50 words and were tested on 30 lists of 100
words. Item-level multiple regression analyses were conducted on hits, false alarms, hits minus …

Lexical ambiguity resolution was examined in children aged 7 to 10 years and adults. In
Experiment 1, participants heard sentences supporting one (or neither) meaning of a balanced …

We examined how well imageability, concreteness, perceptual strength, and action strength
predicted recognition memory, lexical decision, and reading aloud performance. We used …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major psychiatric disorder that is prevalent in combat
veterans. Previous neuroimaging studies have found elevated amygdala activity in PTSD …