Memory advantage of subject-performed actions: Comments on the multimodal theory of memory

Abstract. Based on the integration of the memory advantage for subject-performed actions into the multimodal theory of episodic memory by J. , three ...

Selective interference, process dissociation and order information in remembering performed actions. A comment on Thorsten Meiser's remarks on the multimodal memory theory

Abstract. In this commentary, I deal with three questions. (1) Do the findings of ...

Knowledge acquisition and verbal linearization in spatial communication

Abstract. This paper deals with determinants of linearization in spatial communication. The well-known linearization principles, such as the principle of natural order, primarily ...

Parametric coupling in sequences of bimanual reversal movements with same and different amplitudes

Abstract. In sequences of bimanual movements, the voluntary modulation of the amplitude of the one hand (inducing hand) induces an involuntary modulation of ...

Recognising a victim in need: The effect of situational cues and priming on the identification of need for help

Abstract. An experimental study investigated the joint influence of priming and situational cues on the perceived neediness of a target. A ...

Posner's theory of attention: Right hemisphere processing superiority during sustained attention

Abstract. Posner proposed a theory of attention based on target detection, visual orienting, and alertness. The latter is supposed to use brain structures ...

The impact of dimensional and social comparisons on ability scores and achievement contentment

Abstract. The study deals with the question whether internal dimensional comparisons (comparisons of one's own achievement in a task with one's own achievement ...