A5077389075- Reading and Literacy Development
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Text Readability and Simplification
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Physical Activity and Health
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
University College London
2021-2025
Language Science (South Korea)
2023-2025
Institute of Mental Health
2024
University of Nottingham
2024
University of Oxford
2019-2023
Bournemouth University
2017-2019
Baylor University
2006-2009
Most people have strong left-brain lateralisation for language, with a minority showing right- or bilateral language representation. On some receptive tasks, however, appears to be reduced absent. This contrasting pattern raises the question of whether and how laterality may fractionate within individuals. Building on our prior work, we postulated (a) that there can dissociations in different components (b) these would more common left-handers. A subsidiary hypothesis was indices will...
Studies of cerebral lateralization often involve participants completing a series perceptual tasks under laboratory conditions. This has constrained the number recruited in such studies. Online testing can allow for much larger sample sizes but limits amount experimental control that is feasible. Here we considered whether online could give valid and reliable results on four tasks: rhyme decision visual half-field task, dichotic listening chimeric faces finger tapping task. We 392...
Most of the commonly used and endorsed guidelines for systematic review protocols reporting standards have been developed intervention research. These excellent adopted as gold-standard reviews an evidence synthesis method. In current paper, we highlight some issues that may arise from adopting these beyond designs, including in basic behavioural, cognitive, experimental, exploratory We adapted built upon existing to establish a complementary, comprehensive, accessible tool designing,...
Return-sweeps, which move the reader’s gaze from end of one line to beginning next, typically result in shorter line-final fixations and longer accurate line-initial compared intra-line fixations. The mechanisms underlying these differences have been widely debated. To assess linguistic oculomotor contributions return-sweep fixation differences, we eye movements 41 participants during normal reading z-string scanning, an control condition reading, is devoid useful content. Our results...
Models of eye-movement control during reading focus on single lines text. However, with multiline texts, return sweeps, which bring fixation from the end one line to beginning next, occur regularly and influence ~20% all fixations. Our understanding sweeps is still limited. One common feature prevalence oculomotor errors. Return often initially undershoot start line. Corrective saccades then closer start. The occurring between corrective saccade (undersweep-fixation) has important...
Computational models of eye movement control during reading have revolutionized the study visual, perceptual, and linguistic processes underlying reading. However, these can only simulate test predictions about single lines text. Here we report two studies that examined how input variables for lexical processing (frequency predictability) in influence line-final words. The first was a linear mixed-effects analysis Provo Corpus, which included data from 84 readers 55 multiline texts. second...
This study investigates the efficacy of AI-assisted evaluation open science practices in brain sciences, comparing ChatGPT 4 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet against human expert assessment. We analysed 100 randomly selected journal articles across various disciplines using a 6-item transparency checklist. Three experts two AI chatbots independently evaluated articles. Results showed strong correlations between chatbot overall ratings. Both demonstrated high concordance with humans assessing code...
Background It is unclear how back squat depth influences muscle activation and should be considered when designing strength training programs. Current evidence suggests this relationship population-specific examined in different populations to optimize outcomes. This study the effect of depths on college football players. Methods Sixteen Division II players performed at three (C1 = 65°, C2 90°, C3 115° knee flexion). During descent ascent phases, five-trial averages mean gluteus maximus...
The predictability of upcoming words facilitates both spoken and written language comprehension. One interesting difference between these modalities is that readers' routinely have access to in parafoveal vision while listeners must wait for each fleeting word from a speaker. Despite potential glimpse into the future, it not clear if how this bottom-up information aids top-down prediction. current study manipulated target their location on line text. Targets were located middle (preview...
Most of the commonly used and endorsed guidelines for systematic review protocols reporting standards have been developed intervention research. These excellent adopted as gold-standard reviews an evidence synthesis method. In current paper, we highlight some issues that may arise from adopting these beyond designs, including in basic behavioural, cognitive, experimental, exploratory We adapted built upon existing to establish a complementary, comprehensive, accessible tool designing,...
Abstract When displaying text on a page or screen, only finite number of characters can be presented single line. If the exceeds that value, then wrapping occurs. Often this process results in longer, more difficult to words being positioned at start We conducted an eye movement study examine how artefact affects passage reading. This allowed us answer question: should word difficulty used when determining line breaks? Thirty‐nine participants read 20 passages where low‐frequency target were...
Theories suggest that efficient recognition of English words depends on flexible letter-position coding, demonstrated by the fact transposed-letter primes (e.g., JUGDE-judge) facilitate written word more than substituted-letter JUFBE-judge). The multiple route model predicts reading experience should drive coding as readers transition from decoding letter-by-letter to recognising wholes. This study therefore examined whether is coded flexibly in second-language sentence for native Chinese...
Models of eye movement control during reading focus on the single lines text. Within these models, word frequency and predictability are important input variables which influence fixation probabilities durations. However, a comprehensive model will have to account for readers' movements across multiline texts. Line-initial words unlike those presented midline; they routinely unavailable parafoveal preprocessing. Therefore, it is unclear whether how times line-initial words. To address this,...
In recent years, there has been an increase in research concerning individual differences readers' eye movements. However, this body of work is almost exclusively concerned with the reading single-line texts. While spelling and ability have reported to influence saccade targeting fixation times during intra-line reading, where upcoming words are available for parafoveal processing, it unclear how these variables affect fixations adjacent return-sweeps. We, therefore, examined on return-sweep...
During reading, binocular coordination ensures that a unified perceptual representation of the text is maintained across eye movements. However, slight vergence errors exist. The magnitude disparity at fixation onset related to length preceding saccade. Return-sweeps are saccadic movements span line and direct gaze from end one start next. As these travel much farther than intraline saccades, increased following return-sweep likely. Indeed, has been proposed explanation for longer...
Words presented to the right visual field (RVF) are processed more rapidly than those in left (LVF), presumably because of direct links language dominant cerebral hemisphere. This effect is moderated by a word's orthographic neighborhood size (N), with LVF facilitation and RVF inhibition for words large N. Across two experiments, we sought further examine lateralized N effects. Experiment 1 examined how hemispheric dominance influenced effects, 140 left-handers using half-field task...
Fluent reading comprehension demands the rapid access and integration of word meanings. This can be challenging when lexically ambiguous words have less frequent meanings (e.g.,
'Sample size neglect' is a tendency to underestimate how the variability of mean estimates changes with sample size. We studied 100 participants, from science or social backgrounds, test whether training task showing different-sized samples data points (the 'beeswarm' task) can help overcome this bias. Ability judge if two came same population improved training, and 38% participants reported that they had learned wait for larger before making response. Before after completed 12-item...
Research shows that questionable research practices (QRPs) are present in undergraduate final-year dissertation projects. One entry-level Open Science practice proposed to mitigate QRPs is ‘study preregistration’, through which researchers outline their questions, design, method and analysis plans prior data collection and/or analysis. In this study, we aimed empirically test the effectiveness of preregistration as a pedagogic tool dissertations using quasi-experimental design. A total 89 UK...
Research shows that questionable research practices (QRPs) are present in undergraduate final-year dissertation projects. One entry-level Open Science practice proposed to mitigate QRPs is “study preregistration,” through which researchers outline their questions, design, method, and analysis plans before data collection and/or analysis. In this study, we aimed empirically test the effectiveness of preregistration as a pedagogic tool dissertations using quasi-experimental design. A total 89...
The effect of orthographic neighbourhood size (N) on lexical decision reaction time differs when words are presented in the left or right visual fields. Evidence suggests a facilitatory N (i.e., faster times for with larger neighbourhoods) field. However, field remains controversial: it may have weaker facilitative role even be inhibitory. In pre-registered online experiment, we replicated interaction between and provided support an inhibitory We subsequently conducted systematic review...