Does heightened perceptual encoding in blind individuals extend to word learning?
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DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2025.2501988
Abstract: ABSTRACT Blind participants tend to encode sensory details of encounters with stimuli they will later recall or recollect, whereas sighted individuals tend to abstract meaning from sensory information when encoding memories. Here we ask whether… read more here.
Keywords: word; word learning; perceptual encoding; blind individuals ... See more keywords
The “cheerleader effect” in facial and bodily attractiveness: A result of memory bias and not perceptual encoding
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DOI: 10.1177/1747021820976087
Abstract: Individual faces are rated as more attractive when presented in a group compared with when presented individually; a finding dubbed the “cheerleader effect.” As a relatively recent discovery, the conditions necessary to observe the effect… read more here.
Keywords: effect facial; effect; perceptual encoding; cheerleader effect ... See more keywords