Margreet Vogelzang, Mandy Wigdorowitz, Ianthi M Tsimpli
{"title":"Challenging existing Raven's norms based on children attending government schools in India.","authors":"Margreet Vogelzang, Mandy Wigdorowitz, Ianthi M Tsimpli","doi":"10.1007/s41809-026-00207-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41809-026-00207-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intelligence measures, such as the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM), rely on norm-referenced scores to interpret individual performance and guide educational or clinical interventions. However, when norm comparisons result in a severely skewed distribution, the validity of the norm sample must be scrutinized rather than accepting implausible interpretations. In this study, we challenge existing norms and improve the suitability of the CPM for Indian children attending government schools by developing new norms that better reflect their socio-demographic and educational contexts. Our sample includes 1,752 children in Delhi, Hyderabad, and Patna from two large-scale projects. Using existing CPM norms for India, we found that 78.5% of our sample scored in the bottom 10th percentile with an IQ score of 80 or lower, highlighting a heavily skewed distribution. Upon reviewing the existing norm sample, we identified several limitations: its size was five times smaller than our sample, the sample's linguistic background was underspecified, and it predominantly represented children from higher socio-economic backgrounds attending private schools. This norm sample fails to represent the majority of Indian pupils, particularly those in government schools, who constitute approximately two-thirds of the pupil population. In response, we developed alternative norms across four age categories (8, 9, 10, 11) that better align with the demographic realities of this group. These norms demonstrate an expected distribution of scores and provide a better benchmark for evaluating intelligence, specifically visuo-spatial reasoning, of Indian children attending government schools. We encourage researchers, educators and clinicians to use these norms as appropriate.</p>","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"10 2","pages":"287-303"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13401525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148594763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of researchers’ intentions to utilize ChatGPT: insights from Türkiye and the United Kingdom","authors":"Nazli Yuceol, Ayşe Merve Urfa, Meryem Akın","doi":"10.1007/s41809-025-00180-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-025-00180-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"9 2","pages":"331-357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147897430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María Silva-Gago, Marcos García-Diez, Emiliano Bruner, Luis M Martínez, Felipe Criado-Boado
{"title":"Figure recognition and visual attention patterns behind the observation of Palaeolithic art.","authors":"María Silva-Gago, Marcos García-Diez, Emiliano Bruner, Luis M Martínez, Felipe Criado-Boado","doi":"10.1007/s41809-025-00170-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41809-025-00170-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Art visual processing is a complex cognitive process that involves perception, attention and decision-making. The initial stage of this process is characterized by visual exploration through rapid eye movements which can provide insights into attentional patterns and information processing and can be examined using eye-tracking technology. In this study, we employ eye-tracking to investigate visual perception during the observation of Palaeolithic rock art mostly from the Cantabrian seaboard, aiming to investigate the behavioural mechanisms underlying figure recognition and attentional distribution. This study comprises two experiments-one including entire panels and the other focusing exclusively on single figures-both yielding similar results. Our findings indicate that attention was predominantly directed towards the depicted figures, particularly their heads, rather than other elements within the visual field. Additionally, incomplete figures were perceived as complete, suggesting that figure recognition were influenced by Gestalt principles, internal cognitive models, and other top-down systems.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41809-025-00170-0.</p>","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"9 2","pages":"225-241"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12279578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144700437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From words to worlds: language, identity, and transgenerational change in Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoral tribe of Jammu and Kashmir","authors":"Tanu Gupta, Barnali Chaudhary, Raka Jain, Amitash Ojha","doi":"10.1007/s41809-024-00161-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-024-00161-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"9 1","pages":"105-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147890460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of bilingualism and multicultural experience on social-cognitive processing: a meta-analytic review","authors":"Rowena J. Xia, Brian W. Haas","doi":"10.1007/s41809-023-00138-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-023-00138-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139156281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jose Luis Vilchez Tornero, Danny Sebastián Ordóñez Alberca
{"title":"Interference of the inclusive language in the creation of the memory trace during the reading comprehension of texts","authors":"Jose Luis Vilchez Tornero, Danny Sebastián Ordóñez Alberca","doi":"10.1007/s41809-023-00137-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-023-00137-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"14 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139161549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distributed embodiment of the Persian term dæqi:qæn in forward gestures","authors":"Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Hassan Banaruee, Danyal Farsani, Freddy Hernández-Barajas, Mirko Farina, F. Marmolejo‐Ramos","doi":"10.1007/s41809-023-00136-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-023-00136-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":" 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138962174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of linguistic medium on metaphor directionality: written standard Arabic versus oral colloquial Arabic","authors":"Jad Kiadan","doi":"10.1007/s41809-023-00135-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-023-00135-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"64 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138967457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decoding orthography vs. mastering strategy: an exploratory study finds better opposite-orientation task transfer for monoliterates than for biliterates","authors":"J. Berry","doi":"10.1007/s41809-023-00132-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-023-00132-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"311 - 323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139261995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karol A. Moore, Jialin Lai, Juan F. Quinonez-Beltran, Kausalai Wijekumar, R. Malatesha Joshi
{"title":"Correction to: A cross-orthographic view of dyslexia identification","authors":"Karol A. Moore, Jialin Lai, Juan F. Quinonez-Beltran, Kausalai Wijekumar, R. Malatesha Joshi","doi":"10.1007/s41809-023-00133-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-023-00133-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science","volume":"123 37","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135136998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}