Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Author "Risko, Evan F."
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Basic Processes in Reading: The Role of Spatial Attention in Visual Word Processing
Risko, Evan F. (University of Waterloo, 2008-08-01)The present thesis is concerned with the role of spatial attention in visual word processing. Eleven experiments are reported each of which consists of the combination of a manipulation of spatial attention (i.e., cue ... -
Instructor presence effect: Liking does not always lead to learning
Wilson, Kristin E.; Martinez, Mark; Mills, Caitlin; D'Mello, Sidney; Smilek, Daniel; Risko, Evan F. (Elsevier, 2018-07-01)Online education provides the opportunity to present lecture material to students in different formats or modalities, however there is debate about which lecture formats are best. Here, we conducted four experiments with ... -
Not so fast: Individual differences in impulsiveness are only a modest predictor of cognitive reflection
LIttrell, Shane; Fugelsang, Jonathan; Risko, Evan F. (Elsevier, 2020-02-01)The extent to which a person engages in reflective thinking while problem-solving is often measured using the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT; Frederick, 2005). Some past research has attributed poorer performance on the ... -
Overconfidently Underthinking: Narcissism negatively predicts Cognitive Reflection
LIttrell, Shane; Fugelsang, Jonathan; Risko, Evan F. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)There exists a large body of work examining individual differences in the propensity to engage in reflective thinking processes. However, there is a distinct lack of empirical research examining the role of dispositional ...