TY - JOUR A1 - Weidenfeld, Andrea A1 - Oberauer, Klaus A1 - Hornig, R T1 - Causal and noncausal conditionals : an integrated model of interpretation and reasoning N2 - We present an integrated model for the understanding of and the reasoning from conditional statements. Central assumptions from several approaches are integrated into a causal path model. According to the model, the cognitive availability of exceptions to a conditional reduces the subjective conditional probability of the consequent, given the antecedent. This conditional probability determines people's degree of belief in the conditional, which in turn affects their willingness to accept logically valid inferences. In addition to this indirect pathway, the model contains a direct pathway: Availability of exceptional situations directly reduces the endorsement of valid inferences. We tested the integrated model with three experiments using conditional statements embedded in pseudonaturalistic cover stories. An explicitly mentioned causal link between antecedent and consequent was either present (causal conditionals) or absent (arbitrary conditionals). The model was supported for the causal but not for the arbitrary conditional statements Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwarz, Wolfgang A1 - Müller, Dana T1 - Spatial associatiosn in number-related tasks : a comparison of manual and pedal responses N2 - Bimanual parity judgments of numerically small (large) digits are faster with the left (right) hand (the SNARC effect; Dehaene, Bossini, & Giraux, 1993). According to one explanation, this effect is culturally derived and reflects ontogenetic influences such as the direction of written language; it might therefore be limited to, or at least be larger with, pairs of lateralized effectors which are instrumental to the production and comprehension of written language. We report two experiments which test for SNARC effects with pedal responses, and compare these effects to manual results. Pedal responses yielded highly systematic SNARC effects; furthermore, these effects did not differ from manual SNARC effects, These results argue against accounts in which the SNARC effect is specific for effectors that are habitually associated with the production or comprehension of written language Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keus, I. M. A1 - Schwarz, Wolfgang T1 - Searching for the functional locus of the SNARC effect : evidence for a response-related origin Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niehaus, Susanna A1 - Krause, A A1 - Schmidke, J T1 - Deception strategies in the description of sex crimes N2 - Criteria-Based Content Analysis (Steller & Kohnken, 1989) is part of a method used for assessing the credibility of witness statements. One underlying assumption of CBCA is that deceivers will leave out certain contents that they believe will damage their self-image. Recent studies on content-related deceptive strategies of children and adults support this assumption. Nevertheless, results concerning certain motivation-related contents (self-deprecation, pardoning the perpetrator) were inconsistent with this assumption. However, previous studies have dealt with issues other than sexual offense and therefore were of limited external validity concerning specific forensic issues. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of content characteristics with regard to false statements in rape cases. Female non-student adults (N = 120) were given a standardized questionnaire which targeted participants' content- related deception strategies. Results show differences in the strategic value of content characteristics. Moreover, strategies of deception seem to strongly depend on the type of event assessed Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moshel, Shay A1 - Liang, Jin-Rong A1 - Caspi, Avi A1 - Engbert, Ralf A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold A1 - Havlin, Shlomo A1 - Zivotofsky, Ari Z. T1 - Phase-synchronization decay of fixational eye movements Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mériau, Katja A1 - Kazzer, Philipp A1 - Wartenburger, Isabell A1 - Prehn, Kristin A1 - Lammers, Claas-Hinrich A1 - Villringer, Arno A1 - Heekeren, Hauke T1 - Neural correlates of individual differences in the ability to identify and communicate one's emotional state Y1 - 2005 SN - 0898-929X ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rauh, Hellgard T1 - "At-risk" concept Y1 - 2005 SN - 0-562-165117-4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mayr, Ulrich A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold A1 - Krampe, Ralf-Thomas T1 - Timing, sequencing and executive control in repetitive movement production N2 - The authors demonstrate that the timing and sequencing of target durations require low-level timing and executive control. Sixteen young (M-age = 19 years) and 16 older (M-age = 70 years) adults participated in 2 experiments. In Experiment 1, individual mean-variance functions for low-level timing (isochronous tapping) and the sequencing of multiple targets (rhythm production) revealed (a) a dissociation of low-level timing and sequencing in both age groups, (b) negligible age differences for low-level timing, and (c) large age differences for sequencing. Experiment 2 supported the distinction between low-level timing and executive functions: Selection against a dominant rhythm and switching between rhythms impaired performances in both age groups and induced pronounced perseveration of the dominant pattern in older adults. Y1 - 2005 SN - 0096-1523 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwarz, Wolfgang T1 - Comparing continuous and discrete birthday coincidences : "Same-Day" versus "Within 24 Hours" N2 - In its classical form the famous birthday problem (Feller 1968; Mosteller 1987) addresses coincidences within a discrete sample space, looking at births that fall on the same calendar day. However, coincidence phenomena often arise in situations in which it is more natural to consider a continuous-time parameter. We first describe an elementary variant of the classical problem in continuous time, and then derive and illustrate close approximate relations that exist between the discrete and the continuous formulations. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1198/tast.2009.09003 SN - 0003-1305 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Engeser, Stefan H. A1 - Wendland, Mirko A1 - Rheinberg, Falko T1 - Nonconscious activation of behavioral goals, a methodologically refined replication Y1 - 2006 UR - http://www.amsciepub.com/loi/pr0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2466/Pro.99.3.963-970 SN - 0033-2941 ER -