Browsing Psychology & Neuroscience Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Title

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  • There is a Missing-Phoneme Effect in Aural Prose Comprehension 

    Saint-Aubin, J., Klein, R. M., Babineau, M., Christie, J., & Gow, D. W. (2016). The Missing-Phoneme Effect in Aural Prose Comprehension. Psychological science, doi:10.1177/0956797616645096
    When participants search for a target letter while reading, they make more omissions if the target letter is embedded in frequent function words than in less frequent content words. This phenomenon, called the missing-letter ...

  • Towards Mind Wandering Adaptive Online Learning and Virtual Work Experiences 

    Conrad, C. and Newman, A. J. (2022). Towards mind wandering adaptive online learning and virtual work experiences. Proceedings of the 2022 NeuroIS Retreat.
    NeuroIS researchers have become increasingly interested in the design of new types of information systems that leverage neurophysiological data. In this paper we describe the results of machine learning analysis which ...

  • What a Simple Letter-Detection Task Can Tell Us About Cognitive Processes in Reading 

    Published version: Klein, R. M., & Saint-Aubin, J. (2016). What a simple letter detection task can tell us about cognitive processes in reading. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 25:6, 417-424. doi:10.1177/0963721416661173
    Understanding reading is a central issue for psychology, with major societal implications. Over the past five decades, a simple letter-detection task has been used as a window on the psycholinguistic processes involved ...

  • When does pain matter? Acknowledging the subjectivity of clinical significance. 

    Birnie, K.A., McGrath, P.J., & Chambers, C.T. (2012). When does pain matter? Acknowledging the subjectivity of clinical significance. PAIN, 153, 2311-2314. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.07.033. PMID: 22995250.

  • When “Don’t Worry” Communicates Fear: Children’s Perceptions of Parental Reassurance and Distraction during a Painful Medical Procedure 

    McMurtry, C.M., Chambers, C.T., McGrath, P.J., & Asp, E. (2010). When "don't worry" communicates fear: Children's perceptions of parental reassurance and distraction during a painful medical procedure. PAIN, 150, 52-58. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.021. PMID: 20227831
    hildren's distress during painful medical procedures is strongly influenced by adult behavior. Adult reassurance (e.g., "it's okay") is associated with increased child distress whereas distraction is associated with increased ...