Ian Dennis
University of Plymouth
58 Papers
759 Citations
Ian Dennis is an academic researcher from University of Plymouth. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cognition & Working memory. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 57 publications.
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Papers
Cognitive processes in engineering design: a longitudinal study
TL;DR: An empirical study of the cognitive processes of semi-expert electronics engineers pursuing real-world design projects, which indicated that subjects were implementing a highly systematic design strategy which deviated only a small amount from a top-down, depth-first procedure.
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Degree Performance as a Function of Age, Gender, Prior Qualifications and Discipline Studied
TL;DR: In this paper, the computerized records of a large university were analysed in an attempt to determine which variables served as predictors of degree performance. But the results are broadly consistent with previous studies, and suggest that opening access to mature students and to those with non-traditional qualifications has not led to any diminution of standards.
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How much exposure to English is necessary for a bilingual toddler to perform like a monolingual peer in language tests
Allegra Cattani,Kirsten Abbot-Smith,Rafalla Farag,Andrea Krott,Frédérique Arreckx,Ian Dennis,Caroline Floccia +6 more
TL;DR: Typically developing 2;6-year-olds who are bilingual in English and an additional language and who hear English 60% of the time or more, perform equivalently to their typically developing monolingual peers.
Lexical and grammatical processing of unshadowed messages: A re-examination of the Mackay effect
Stephen E. Newstead,Ian Dennis +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, it was found impossible to repeat Mackay's findings when controls for several factors that had been ignored in the original study were employed, such as the gap between sentences and the nonshadowed material coming out of a background of silence.
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Proof-reading on VDUs
TL;DR: Two experiments are reported which compared proof-reading performance across three different modes of presentation, indicating that character font may be a major factor in the poor performance with the VDU.
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