Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-05-09DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01346-4
Han Zhang, Kevin F Miller
{"title":"I'm trying to read here! How does irrelevant speech affect how you read?","authors":"Han Zhang, Kevin F Miller","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01346-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01346-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reading involves a remarkable coordination of perceptual and linguistic processes. This coordination is reflected by a close coupling between reading eye movements and lexical properties of words, such as word frequency and predictability, as well as morpho-syntactic and semantic regularities. Yet, reading is also subject to interference, and a common source of interference is when others are speaking nearby. Then, how does irrelevant speech affect reading as reflected in eye movements? Fifty-nine participants (mean age: 19, SD age: 1.22, 25 females, 34 males, primary language: English) read passages from the PROVO corpus Luke and Christianson (Behav Res Methods 50(2):826-833. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0908-4 , 2018) under intelligible irrelevant speech or the silence condition, with eye movements recorded. We investigated how irrelevant speech influences the coupling between eye movements and several indicators of lexical difficulty, including word frequency, cloze probability (exact-word predictability), large language model-generated surprisal, morpho-syntactic predictability (part-of-speech and inflection), and semantic similarity (general meaning). Associations between lexical variables and word looking times remained robust during first-pass reading and were unaffected by irrelevant speech, suggesting intact lexical processing during early stages of reading. However, disruption emerged in later eye-movement measures (i.e., total viewing time), where low-frequency and semantically unpredictable words prompted increased re-reading under irrelevant speech. These results indicate that intelligible irrelevant speech selectively interferes with post-lexical, higher-order processing. The increased re-reading of rare and semantically unpredictable words suggests that readers compensate for speech interference by revisiting these words to better integrate their meanings into a coherent understanding of the text.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"667-676"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13424345/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147864614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-03-03DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01335-7
Buket Ünver
{"title":"Development and validation of a short form of the mentalization scale (MentS-11): an evidence-based measure for Turkish adults.","authors":"Buket Ünver","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01335-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01335-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"829-839"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147345433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-06-15DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01353-5
Puyan Jin
{"title":"Amplifier or inhibitor? A moderated mediation analysis of generative AI's impact on creative self-efficacy through dual-process thinking.","authors":"Puyan Jin","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01353-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01353-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the impact of generative AI use on university students' creative self-efficacy-a key motivational construct within the broader domain of creative cognition-through a moderated parallel mediation model. Drawing on the dual-process model of creativity and self-efficacy construct, we investigated divergent and convergent thinking as mediators and creativity traits as a moderator. Data were collected from 963 Chinese undergraduate and graduate students via an online survey. Parallel mediation analysis revealed partial mediation: generative AI use positively predicted creative self-efficacy directly and indirectly through both divergent and convergent thinking. Moderation analyses showed that creativity traits significantly strengthened the positive effects of generative AI use on divergent and convergent thinking at higher levels, with negative or attenuated effects at lower levels. Moderated mediation confirmed conditional indirect effects, yielding strong positive pathways for high-trait students and negative pathways for low-trait individuals-a \"double-edged sword\" pattern. These findings highlight the non-universal benefits of generative AI, underscoring individual differences as a critical boundary condition. Theoretical implications extend creativity models to human-AI contexts, while practical recommendations advocate trait-sensitive AI integration in higher education to promote equitable creative development.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"921-932"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-02-06DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01331-x
Alexander Berger, Markus Kiefer
{"title":"Task cue transparency shapes cognitive and visual demands in task preparation.","authors":"Alexander Berger, Markus Kiefer","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01331-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01331-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Task cues are often used to study task preparation. Participants are thought to activate cued task sets in advance to facilitate later task performance. Earlier studies showed that task performance was improved, if the relation of cue and decision categories of the task was more transparent, suggesting a facilitated task preparation process with more transparent cues. However, no previous study directly tested how processing differs between cues with varying transparency in the cue interval itself. To this end, we analyzed cue-locked event-related potentials (ERPs) and oscillatory activity of the electroencephalogram (EEG) for four different cue types with varying cue transparency. An increased cue-locked positivity ERP component indicated the largest preparation demands for arbitrary symbol string cues, which lacked any apparent relation with the cued task. Moreover, visual demands reflected by an early positive deflection and task set reconfiguration demands reflected by theta oscillations were increased for both word cues (decision categories used as cues) and symbol string cues, indicating that cues with a higher visual complexity pose additional demands on visual and cognitive cue processing. In contrast, these electrophysiological correlates of preparation demands were lowest for letter cues. Hence, if one wants to facilitate cue-induced task set activation, simple letter cues appear beneficial. In conclusion, task cue transparency influenced electrophysiological correlates related to the preparatory demands required for task set retrieval and should therefore be taken into account when studying task preparation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"615-628"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13424468/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146133232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-04-07DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01337-5
Chiara Saracini, Mario Buhler
{"title":"Perceiving the uncertain: predictive coding and individual differences in the dynamics of multistable perception.","authors":"Chiara Saracini, Mario Buhler","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01337-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01337-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"535-553"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147628990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-06-15DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01362-4
Naima Nigar, Marufa Neelima, Nuzhat Ahmad
{"title":"Exploring the relationship between cognitive thinking style, working memory, and arithmetic fluency: a gender-based study.","authors":"Naima Nigar, Marufa Neelima, Nuzhat Ahmad","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01362-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01362-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study investigated the gender-specific relationship between cognitive thinking styles (CTS) and arithmetic fluency, controlling for working memory. It focuses on two specific CTS-Inchworm and Grasshopper (Bath et al. 1986). Grasshoppers are intuitive and holistic, often skipping steps for efficiency, while Inchworms take a methodical, step-by-step approach and document their processes (Chinn 2020). The sample included 290 students (143 males, 147 females) from grades IX and X in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Preliminary t-test analyses revealed significant gender differences. Specifically, male students (M = 19.69, SD = 5.68) displayed more Grasshopper-oriented thinking than females (M = 15.98, SD = 4.03), and also outperformed them in arithmetic fluency (M = 89.83, SD = 20.35 vs. M = 85.01, SD = 19.10). However, for the working memory test, females (M = 17.40, SD = 3.78) outperformed males (M = 16.27, SD = 3.38). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that, for males, CTS significantly predicted arithmetic fluency, β = 0.36, 95% CI [0.74, 1.86], p < 0.001, even after controlling for working memory. For females, however, only working memory predicted arithmetic fluency, β = 0.41, 95% CI [1.38, 2.82], p< 0.001, with CTS showing no significant relationship. These findings highlight gender-specific pathways through which CTS and working memory influence arithmetic fluency, suggesting the need for differentiated learning strategies in learning mathematics.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"815-827"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of collaboration on the foreign language side effect: evidence from Chinese international students using a dual-task paradigm.","authors":"Makito Hirami, Qichao Song, Yufei Wang, Daisuke Fujiki","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01340-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01340-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"933-949"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13424188/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147515765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-05-30DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01354-4
Khushboo Ashokkumar Mishra, Hari Shanker Asthana
{"title":"Language dominance effects on bilingual children: investigating language switching among native Hindi speakers using picture-naming.","authors":"Khushboo Ashokkumar Mishra, Hari Shanker Asthana","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01354-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01354-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study examined language switching in Hindi-English bilingual children, focusing on the role of language dominance in shaping switch costs and switch-cost asymmetry. Fifty-one children were classified into three groups based on dominance profiles (Hindi-dominant, English-dominant, and balanced) and completed a cued picture-naming task involving language repetition and switching. Response times were analysed using a 3 (Group) × 2 (Language) × 2 (Transition) mixed-design ANOVA. A robust main effect of transition indicated significant switch costs, with slower responses on switch trials compared to repeat trials. A main effect of language showed slower naming in English than in Hindi; however, this effect was qualified by a significant Language × Group interaction, reflecting slower performance in the non-dominant language and comparable performance in balanced bilinguals. Critically, a significant three-way interaction (Language × Transition × Group) revealed systematic variation in switch-cost asymmetry across dominance groups. Hindi- and English-dominant children showed asymmetrical switch costs, with larger costs when switching into their dominant language, whereas balanced bilinguals exhibited smaller and more symmetrical switching patterns. These findings support models of bilingual language control that emphasize the role of inhibitory processes and experience-dependent adaptation. The results demonstrate that dominance-related asymmetries in language switching are already evident in childhood and highlight the importance of language experience in shaping lexical access and control mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"875-886"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148102143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-04-22DOI: 10.1007/s10339-026-01345-5
Ateke Goshvarpour
{"title":"The impact of the number of regions of interest and their configurations on EEG brain-connectivity in emotion recognition.","authors":"Ateke Goshvarpour","doi":"10.1007/s10339-026-01345-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-026-01345-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"899-920"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}