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Abstract The aim of this study was to examine letter-sound knowledge when children start at school in Iceland. 392 children aged 5–6 years completed assessments of letter-sound knowledge, i.e., the names and sounds of uppercase and lowercase letters of the Icelandic alphabet (uppercase letter-name; uppercase letter-sound; lowercase letter-name; lowercase letter-sound). Whether the child had broken the […]

Hermundur Sigmundsson 1,2,*, Jan E. Ingebrigtsen 3 and Benjamin H. Dybendal 1 1 Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 2 Research Center for Education and Mindset, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland 3 Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway *Author to whom correspondence should

Hermundur Sigmundsson 1,2,*, Helga S. Thórsdóttir 2, Herdís R. Njálsdóttir 2 and Svava Th. Hjaltalín 2 1 Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 2 Research Center for Education and Mindset, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Brain Sci. 2022, 12(12), 1670; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121670 Abstract The aim of this article was to

H. Sigmundsson, M. Haga & F. Hermundsdottir New Ideas in Psychology, 56, 2020 Abstract: Abstract In this article, the psychometric properties of a new scale aimed at quantifying passion are explored, i.e. passion related to becoming good or achieving in some area/theme/skill. The Passion Scale was designed to be quantitative, simple to administer, applicable for

Giovanni Sala & Fernand Gobet Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 26, 2017 Abstract: Chess masters and expert musicians appear to be, on average, more intelligent than the general population. Someresearchers have thus claimed that playing chess or learning music enhances children’s cognitive abilities and academic attainment. We here present two meta-analyses assessing the effect

David S. Yeager, Paul Hanselman, Gregory M. Walton, Jared S. Murray, Robert Crosnoe, Chandra Muller, Elizabeth Tipton, Barbara Schneider, Chris S. Hulleman, Cintia P. Hinojosa, David Paunesku, Carissa Romero, Kate Flint, Alice Roberts, Jill Trott, Ronaldo Iachan, Jenny Buontempo, Sophia Man Yang, Carlos M. Carvalho, P. Richard Hahn, Maithreyi Gopalan, Pratik Mhatre1, Ronald Ferguson, Angela

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 85, 2003 Abstract: Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, that they find important, andin which they invest time and energy. Two types of passion are proposed: obsessive and harmonious.Obsessive passion (OP) refers to a controlled internalization of an activity in one’s

Jeffrey A. Kleim & Theresa A. Jones Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, Vol. 51, 2008 Abstract: Purpose This paper reviews 10 principles of experience-dependent neural plasticity and considerations in applying them to the damaged brain. Method Neuroscience research using a variety of models of learning, neurological disease, and trauma are reviewed from the

Gilbert Gottlieb Psychological Review, Vol. 105, 1998 Abstract: The central dogma of molecular biology holds that „‘information“‘ flows from the genes to the structure of the proteins that the genes bring about through the formula DNA → RNA →  Protein. In this view, a set of master genes activates the DNA necessary to produce the appropriate proteins that

K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf Th. Krampe & Clemens Tesch-Romer Psychological Review, Vol. 100, 1993 Abstract: We sought to replicate Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer’s (Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer 1993 Psychol. Rev.100, 363–406) seminal study on deliberate practice. Ericsson et al. found that differences in retrospective estimates of accumulated amounts of deliberate practice corresponded to each skill level of