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| Title |
Load and distinctness interact in working memory for lexical manual gestures
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01147 |
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| Authors |
Mary Rudner, Elena Toscano, Emil Holmer |
| Abstract |
The Ease of Language Understanding model (Rönnberg et al., 2013) predicts that decreasing the distinctness of language stimuli increases working memory load; in the speech domain this notion is supported by empirical evidence. Our aim was to determine whether such an over-additive interaction can be generalized to sign processing in sign-naïve individuals and whether it is modulated by experience of computer gaming. Twenty young adults with no knowledge of sign language performed an n-back working memory task based on manual gestures lexicalized in sign language; the visual resolution of the signs and working memory load were manipulated. Performance was poorer when load was high and resolution was low. These two effects interacted over-additively, demonstrating that reducing the resolution of signed stimuli increases working memory load when there is no pre-existing semantic representation. This suggests that load and distinctness are handled by a shared amodal mechanism which can be revealed empirically when stimuli are degraded and load is high, even without pre-existing semantic representation. There was some evidence that the mechanism is influenced by computer gaming experience. Future work should explore how the shared mechanism is influenced by pre-existing semantic representation and sensory factors together with computer gaming experience. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Iceland | 1 | 20% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 25 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 24 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 24% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 20% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 3 | 12% |
| Unknown | 2 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 40% |
| Linguistics | 5 | 20% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 August 2015.
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#13,527,742
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#12,853
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#122,443
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#275
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