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  1. Article ; Online: The interaction of central and peripheral processes in typing and handwriting: A direct comparison.

    Cerni, Tania / Job, Remo

    Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance

    2022  Volume 48, Issue 6, Page(s) 563–581

    Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the interaction between linguistic and peripheral-motor processes in written production. Past research has focused on this topic by analyzing how handwriting and, more recently, typing execution were influenced by lexical ... ...

    Abstract This study aimed to investigate the interaction between linguistic and peripheral-motor processes in written production. Past research has focused on this topic by analyzing how handwriting and, more recently, typing execution were influenced by lexical and sublexical variables. We took a step further in this study by directly comparing handwriting and typing, examining if different motor executions allow for different flows of linguistic processing. Participants typed and handwrote a set of Italian stimuli in which we manipulated lexicality (words vs. pseudowords), orthographic complexity (stimuli with vs. without multiletter graphemes), and length (short vs. long stimuli). We measured and analyzed latency (response times [RTs]), the difference between RTs and the acoustic duration (AD) of the stimuli (RT-AD), mean length of interletter intervals (ILIs), and whole response duration (WRD). We further explored the effects of the position of the orthographic complexity on RTs, RT-AD, ILIs, and WRD. Results suggested a cascaded, continuous processing flow for handwriting and a mixed mechanism involving both serial and parallel modes of processing for typing. The differences in linguistic processing during handwriting and typing suggest different mechanisms in segmenting, maintaining, and retrieving the orthographic representation during motor execution. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
    MeSH term(s) Handwriting ; Humans ; Reaction Time
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 189734-2
    ISSN 1939-1277 ; 0096-1523
    ISSN (online) 1939-1277
    ISSN 0096-1523
    DOI 10.1037/xhp0001006
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  2. Article: Numeracy Gender Gap in STEM Higher Education: The Role of Neuroticism and Math Anxiety.

    Lunardon, Maristella / Cerni, Tania / Rumiati, Raffaella I

    Frontiers in psychology

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 856405

    Abstract: The under-representation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is ubiquitous and understanding the roots of this phenomenon is mandatory to guarantee social equality and economic growth. In the present study, we ... ...

    Abstract The under-representation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is ubiquitous and understanding the roots of this phenomenon is mandatory to guarantee social equality and economic growth. In the present study, we investigated the contribution of non-cognitive factors that usually show higher levels in females, such as math anxiety (MA) and neuroticism personality trait, to numeracy competence, a core component in STEM studies. A sample of STEM undergraduate students, balanced for gender (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-26
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2563826-9
    ISSN 1664-1078
    ISSN 1664-1078
    DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856405
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  3. Article: The Contribution of Personality and Intelligence Toward Cognitive Competences in Higher Education.

    Cerni, Tania / Di Benedetto, Annalisa / Rumiati, Raffaella I

    Frontiers in psychology

    2021  Volume 12, Page(s) 621990

    Abstract: Personality and cognition are found to be two interrelated concepts and to both have a predictive power on educational and life outcomes. With this study we aimed at evaluating the extent to which personality traits interact with cognition in acquiring ... ...

    Abstract Personality and cognition are found to be two interrelated concepts and to both have a predictive power on educational and life outcomes. With this study we aimed at evaluating the extent to which personality traits interact with cognition in acquiring cognitive competences during higher education. In a sample of university students at different stages of their career and from different fields of study, we collected Big Five traits, as a measure of personality, and Intelligent Quotient (IQ), as a proxy of cognition. A set of multiple regressions served to explore the relative contribution of IQ and personality traits on the performance on two cognitive competences tests: literacy and numeracy. Results showed that IQ highly modulated numeracy but had a moderate or no impact on literacy while, compared with IQ, personality affects literacy more. In a further explorative analysis, we observed that both the effects of personality and IQ on cognitive competences were modulated by the level of the students' career (freshmen, undergraduates, and bachelor graduates). Different traits, and particularly conscientiousness, increased or decreased their impact on achieved scores depending on the educational level, while IQ lost its effect in undergraduates suggesting that personal dispositions become more influential in advancing the academic carrier. Finally, the field of study resulted to be a predictor of numeracy, but also an important covariate altering the pattern of personality impact.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-02
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2563826-9
    ISSN 1664-1078
    ISSN 1664-1078
    DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.621990
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  4. Article ; Online: Orthographic forms affect speech perception in a second language: Consonant and vowel length in L2 English.

    Bassetti, Bene / Masterson, Jackie / Cerni, Tania / Mairano, Paolo

    Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance

    2021  Volume 47, Issue 12, Page(s) 1583–1603

    Abstract: ItalianL1 speakers of EnglishL2 produce the same English sound as longer if spelled with two than with one letter, following Italian grapheme-phoneme conversion rules. Do Italian listeners perceive short and long sounds in English homophonic word pairs ... ...

    Abstract ItalianL1 speakers of EnglishL2 produce the same English sound as longer if spelled with two than with one letter, following Italian grapheme-phoneme conversion rules. Do Italian listeners perceive short and long sounds in English homophonic word pairs that are spelled with a single letter or a digraph (finish-Finnish; morning-mourning)? In Experiment 1, 50 ItalianL1-EnglishL2 bilinguals and 50 English controls performed a Consonant Perception task and a Vowel Perception Task. They heard English homophonic word pairs containing a target sound spelled with one or two letters and indicated whether the two words contained the same sounds or not. For half of the listeners a picture was used to activate target words (Auditory-Visual Input group). Bilinguals in this group perceived different sounds in homophonic pairs. Experiment 2 tested whether naturalistic exposure reduces orthographic effects on speech perception by comparing learners, sequential bilinguals, and English controls (all n = 30) with Auditory-Visual Input. Orthographic form (spelling) affected consonant perception in both of the second language listener groups. Learners were less affected than bilinguals. Analyses indicated that this was because of the learners' high proficiency. It appears that ItalianL1 speakers of EnglishL2 make a long-short contrast for consonants-unattested in English-and illusorily perceive it in spoken English homophonous words. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Language ; Multilingualism ; Phonetics ; Sound ; Speech Perception
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 189734-2
    ISSN 1939-1277 ; 0096-1523
    ISSN (online) 1939-1277
    ISSN 0096-1523
    DOI 10.1037/xhp0000949
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  5. Article ; Online: Corrigendum to "Two thumbs and one index: A comparison of manual coordination in touch-typing and mobile-typing" [Acta Psychologica 167 (2016) 16-23].

    Cerni, Tania / Longcamp, Marieke / Job, Remo

    Acta psychologica

    2020  Volume 205, Page(s) 103045

    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-06
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 1480049-4
    ISSN 1873-6297 ; 0001-6918
    ISSN (online) 1873-6297
    ISSN 0001-6918
    DOI 10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103045
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  6. Article ; Online: Orthography-Induced Length Contrasts in the Second Language Phonological Systems of L2 Speakers of English: Evidence from Minimal Pairs.

    Bassetti, Bene / Sokolović-Perović, Mirjana / Mairano, Paolo / Cerni, Tania

    Language and speech

    2018  Volume 61, Issue 4, Page(s) 577–597

    Abstract: Research shows that the orthographic forms ("spellings") of second language (L2) words affect speech production in L2 speakers. This study investigated whether English orthographic forms lead L2 speakers to produce English homophonic word pairs as ... ...

    Abstract Research shows that the orthographic forms ("spellings") of second language (L2) words affect speech production in L2 speakers. This study investigated whether English orthographic forms lead L2 speakers to produce English homophonic word pairs as phonological minimal pairs. Targets were 33 orthographic minimal pairs, that is to say homophonic words that would be pronounced as phonological minimal pairs if orthography affects pronunciation. Word pairs contained the same target sound spelled with one letter or two, such as the /n/ in finish and Finnish (both /'fɪnɪʃ/ in Standard British English). To test for effects of length and type of L2 exposure, we compared Italian instructed learners of English, Italian-English late bilinguals with lengthy naturalistic exposure, and English natives. A reading-aloud task revealed that Italian speakers of English
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Italy ; Language ; Learning ; Male ; Multilingualism ; Phonetics ; Reading ; Speech
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Congress
    ZDB-ID 3312-1
    ISSN 1756-6053 ; 0023-8309
    ISSN (online) 1756-6053
    ISSN 0023-8309
    DOI 10.1177/0023830918780141
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  7. Article ; Online: Two thumbs and one index: A comparison of manual coordination in touch-typing and mobile-typing.

    Cerni, Tania / Longcamp, Marieke / Job, Remo

    Acta psychologica

    2016  Volume 167, Page(s) 16–23

    Abstract: It has been extensively demonstrated that in touch-typing, manual alternation is performed faster than manual repetition (see i.e. Rumelhart & Norman, 1982), due to parallel activation of successive keystrokes. In this experiment, we tested whether the ... ...

    Abstract It has been extensively demonstrated that in touch-typing, manual alternation is performed faster than manual repetition (see i.e. Rumelhart & Norman, 1982), due to parallel activation of successive keystrokes. In this experiment, we tested whether the manual coordination patterns typical of touch-typing can be observed in mobile-typing. We recruited skilled touch-typists and divided them into two groups depending on their typing habits on the mobile device. The "one-hand" group typed with one index finger on the mobile, and therefore produced words exclusively through manual repetition. The "two-hands" group used two thumbs, and therefore produced words through a combination of mobile-typing repetitions and alternations. The two groups were tested in a typing to dictation task with both a standard keyboard and a mobile keyboard. Results showed that manual alternation and manual repetition patterns are similar in touch-typing and in mobile-typing. For the "two-hands" group, the mean interkeystroke intervals (IKIs) for touch-typing decreased as manual alterations in words increased in both touch- and mobile-typing. The "one-hand" group showed an opposite pattern in mobile-typing. Bigram frequency was correlated with IKIs per bigrams in both tasks and groups, but the correlation for the "one-hand" group in mobile-typing was different. Our results suggest that manual coordination processes are the same in touch-typing and in mobile-typing despite different effectors, provided that both hands are used to type.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Biomechanical Phenomena ; Equipment Design ; Female ; Fingers/physiology ; Hand/physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Task Performance and Analysis ; Text Messaging/instrumentation ; Thumb/physiology ; Touch
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-04-14
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1480049-4
    ISSN 1873-6297 ; 0001-6918
    ISSN (online) 1873-6297
    ISSN 0001-6918
    DOI 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.03.007
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