Janet F Mclean
Biographic Data
| ID | 1306902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet F Mclean |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet F |
| FAMILY NAME | Mclean |
| SIGNATURE | MCLEAN J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6005-7496 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Working memory capacity and self‐cues
From attentional prioritization to enhanced memory, self‐cues trigger a variety of effects within human cognition. Recent work suggests that self‐reference may also enhance working memory, possibly via attentional prioritization. However, there is no direct evidence that self‐cues enhance working memory capacity, or that such boosts covary with individuals' attentional function. Here, we provide the first direct evidence of enhanced working memor…
Lexically-specific syntactic restrictions in second-language speakers
In two structural priming experiments, we investigated the representations of lexically-specific syntactic restrictions of English verbs for highly proficient and immersed second language (L2) speakers of English. We considered the interplay of two possible mechanisms: generalization from the first language (L1) and statistical learning within the L2 (both of abstract structure and of lexically-specific information). In both experiments, L2 speak…
The relationship between numerical mapping abilities, maths achievement and socioeconomic status in 4‐ and 5‐year‐old children
BACKGROUND: Early numeracy skills are associated with academic and life-long outcomes. Children from low-income backgrounds typically have poorer maths outcomes, and their learning can already be disadvantaged before they begin formal schooling. Understanding the relationship between the skills that support the acquisition of early maths skills could scaffold maths learning and improve life chances. AIMS: The present study aimed to examine how th…
The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony
Nonconscious priming of communication
Ideologies in Law Time
In the introduction to the new Oxford History of the Laws of England 1820–1914 , the authors suggest that their task is to tell the “history of the law itself.” This review essay examines what can be learned from a history told from law's internal point of view rather than through the perspectives of other disciplines, such as economics or philosophy. It considers whether and how the common law responded to industrialization and laissez-faire ide…
Is children's acquisition of the passive a staged process? Evidence from six- and nine-year-olds' production of passives
We report a syntactic priming experiment that examined whether children's acquisition of the passive is a staged process, with acquisition of constituent structure preceding acquisition of thematic role mappings. Six-year-olds and nine-year-olds described transitive actions after hearing active and passive prime descriptions involving the same or different thematic roles. Both groups showed a strong tendency to reuse in their own description the …
The role of beliefs in lexical alignment
Linguistic alignment between people and computers
Linguistic alignment between people and computers
The relationship between numerical mapping abilities, maths achievement and socioeconomic status in 4‐ and 5‐year‐old children
BACKGROUND: Early numeracy skills are associated with academic and life-long outcomes. Children from low-income backgrounds typically have poorer maths outcomes, and their learning can already be disadvantaged before they begin formal schooling. Understanding the relationship between the skills that support the acquisition of early maths skills could scaffold maths learning and improve life chances. AIMS: The present study aimed to examine how th…
The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony
Linguistic alignment between people and computers
The role of beliefs in lexical alignment
Is children's acquisition of the passive a staged process? Evidence from six- and nine-year-olds' production of passives
We report a syntactic priming experiment that examined whether children's acquisition of the passive is a staged process, with acquisition of constituent structure preceding acquisition of thematic role mappings. Six-year-olds and nine-year-olds described transitive actions after hearing active and passive prime descriptions involving the same or different thematic roles. Both groups showed a strong tendency to reuse in their own description the …
Ideologies in Law Time
In the introduction to the new Oxford History of the Laws of England 1820–1914 , the authors suggest that their task is to tell the “history of the law itself.” This review essay examines what can be learned from a history told from law's internal point of view rather than through the perspectives of other disciplines, such as economics or philosophy. It considers whether and how the common law responded to industrialization and laissez-faire ide…
Nonconscious priming of communication
The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony
The relationship between numerical mapping abilities, maths achievement and socioeconomic status in 4‐ and 5‐year‐old children
BACKGROUND: Early numeracy skills are associated with academic and life-long outcomes. Children from low-income backgrounds typically have poorer maths outcomes, and their learning can already be disadvantaged before they begin formal schooling. Understanding the relationship between the skills that support the acquisition of early maths skills could scaffold maths learning and improve life chances. AIMS: The present study aimed to examine how th…
Lexically-specific syntactic restrictions in second-language speakers
In two structural priming experiments, we investigated the representations of lexically-specific syntactic restrictions of English verbs for highly proficient and immersed second language (L2) speakers of English. We considered the interplay of two possible mechanisms: generalization from the first language (L1) and statistical learning within the L2 (both of abstract structure and of lexically-specific information). In both experiments, L2 speak…
Working memory capacity and self‐cues
From attentional prioritization to enhanced memory, self‐cues trigger a variety of effects within human cognition. Recent work suggests that self‐reference may also enhance working memory, possibly via attentional prioritization. However, there is no direct evidence that self‐cues enhance working memory capacity, or that such boosts covary with individuals' attentional function. Here, we provide the first direct evidence of enhanced working memor…
Psychology (8 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Affect (linguistics (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Communication (2 works) · Communication (2 works)