Derek Besner
Biographic Data
| ID | 2752053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek Besner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Besner |
| SIGNATURE | BESNER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0442-2799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond mean RTs in visual word recognition
Theoretically important insights in the visual word recognition literature have emerged from studying how different factors jointly affect lexical processing. Almost all joint effects are reflected in over-additive interactions, which are predicted by most current models. In contrast, additive effects pose profound challenges for these models. The present study explores the joint effects of stimulus quality and word frequency, which previously ha…
Revealing hidden interactions in mean performance through distributional analyses
Intention and performance when reading aloud
A Resource-Control Account of Sustained Attention
Staying attentive is challenging enough when carrying out everyday tasks, such as reading or sitting through a lecture, and failures to do so can be frustrating and inconvenient. However, such lapses may even be life threatening, for example, if a pilot fails to monitor an oil-pressure gauge or if a long-haul truck driver fails to notice a car in his or her blind spot. Here, we explore two explanations of sustained-attention lapses. By one accoun…
Reducing the vigilance decrement
On the link between mind wandering and task performance over time
Reading aloud and the question of intent
Lexical processing while deciding what task to perform
Contingency learning and unlearning in the blink of an eye
On the role of set when reading aloud
Contingency learning without awareness
The ties that keep us bound
In sight but out of mind
Semantic priming
Ideogram reading and right hemisphere language
Two experiments on the identification of ideographs are reported. In Expt 1 subjects showed a right visual field advantage when reporting Arabic numerals. A right visual field advantage was also obtained in Expt 2 when Chinese and Japanese subjects reported numbers presented in Arabic and Kanji formats. The results are discussed in the context of the literature which shows a left visual field advantage for the identification of single ideographs …
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Ideogram reading and right hemisphere language
Two experiments on the identification of ideographs are reported. In Expt 1 subjects showed a right visual field advantage when reporting Arabic numerals. A right visual field advantage was also obtained in Expt 2 when Chinese and Japanese subjects reported numbers presented in Arabic and Kanji formats. The results are discussed in the context of the literature which shows a left visual field advantage for the identification of single ideographs …
Semantic priming
In sight but out of mind
The ties that keep us bound
Contingency learning without awareness
On the role of set when reading aloud
Contingency learning and unlearning in the blink of an eye
Lexical processing while deciding what task to perform
Reading aloud and the question of intent
On the link between mind wandering and task performance over time
A Resource-Control Account of Sustained Attention
Staying attentive is challenging enough when carrying out everyday tasks, such as reading or sitting through a lecture, and failures to do so can be frustrating and inconvenient. However, such lapses may even be life threatening, for example, if a pilot fails to monitor an oil-pressure gauge or if a long-haul truck driver fails to notice a car in his or her blind spot. Here, we explore two explanations of sustained-attention lapses. By one accoun…
Reducing the vigilance decrement
Intention and performance when reading aloud
Revealing hidden interactions in mean performance through distributional analyses
Beyond mean RTs in visual word recognition
Theoretically important insights in the visual word recognition literature have emerged from studying how different factors jointly affect lexical processing. Almost all joint effects are reflected in over-additive interactions, which are predicted by most current models. In contrast, additive effects pose profound challenges for these models. The present study explores the joint effects of stimulus quality and word frequency, which previously ha…
Cognitive psychology (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Cognition (9 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (9 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (7 works) · Neuroscience (6 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)