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Normative data for Chinese-English paired associates.
Cho, Kit W; Tse, Chi-Shing; Chan, Yuen-Lai.
Affiliation
  • Cho KW; Department of Social Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA. ChoK@uhd.edu.
  • Tse CS; Department of Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Chan YL; Department of Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Behav Res Methods ; 52(1): 440-445, 2020 02.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30963462
Paired-associate learning is one of the most commonly used paradigms to study human memory. In many of these studies, participants are typically told to learn foreign language-English translations, such as Swahili-English or Lithuanian-English pairs. One limitation of these currently available foreign language-English translation norms is that their foreign languages are based on the alphabetic writing system, thereby preventing researchers from generalizing their findings to languages based on logographic writing systems. In the present study we collected normative data for 160 Chinese-English word pairs. Participants completed three study-test cycles, followed by metacognitive judgments on their learning experience. For each pair, we report recall performance, recall latency, ease of learning, and judgments of learning. A simultaneous multiple regression analysis with frequency (of both the English word and the Chinese character), word length (English), and number of strokes (Chinese) as predictors revealed that a greater number of strokes (or higher visual complexity) for the Chinese characters predicted lower target recall.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Translating Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Behav Res Methods Journal subject: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: