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- 2Evans, Annabel Ness
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- 2Hall, David L.
- 2Heller, Robert Barry
- 2Hensch, Shirley-Anne.
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Spring 2024
An effective navigation process requires the ability to determine the navigators’ current position and heading in the environment (referred to as self-localization) and localize the points of interest, such as home. Humans and non-human animals typically use self-motion cues (i.e., path...
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Spring 2012
Psycholinguistics has traditionally been defined as the study of how we process units of language such as letters, words and sentences. But what about other units? This dissertation concerns itself with short lexical sequences called n- grams, longer than words but shorter than most sentences....
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The relations between sleeping arrangements, and cultural values and beliefs in first generation Chinese immigrants in Canada
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between cultural values, social norms, and beliefs related to co-sleeping with the sleeping arrangements of first generation Chinese immigrants in Canada. The participants were 162 first generation Chinese immigrants from four Canadian cities...
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The road less traveled and the difference it makes: Approaches to studying abroad in Brazil and their effects on language learning and intercultural contact
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Even though student mobility is more frequent than ever before, the predominant direction is mainly from countries considered peripheral to those that have more economic and political representation (Altbach, 2004; OECD, 2015). The present study investigated the reasons why students take part in...
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The role of affective information in context on the judgment of facial expression: in what situations are North Americans influenced by contextual information?
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Research in cultural psychology suggests that East Asians are more likely than North Americans to be sensitive to contextual information. By contrast, much evidence suggests that even North Americans’ judgments are influenced by affective priming information, the effect of which can be seen as...