scholarly journals The role of consolidation in learning context-dependent phonotactic patterns in speech and digital sequence production

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (14) ◽  
pp. 3617-3622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel D. Anderson ◽  
Gary S. Dell
Keyword(s):  
Second Order ◽  
Speech Errors ◽  
Experimental Session ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Speech Error ◽  
First Order ◽  
Sequence Production ◽  
Syllable Onset ◽  
Single Experimental Session

Speakers implicitly learn novel phonotactic patterns by producing strings of syllables. The learning is revealed in their speech errors. First-order patterns, such as “/f/ must be a syllable onset,” can be distinguished from contingent, or second-order, patterns, such as “/f/ must be an onset if the vowel is /a/, but a coda if the vowel is /o/.” A metaanalysis of 19 experiments clearly demonstrated that first-order patterns affect speech errors to a very great extent in a single experimental session, but second-order vowel-contingent patterns only affect errors on the second day of testing, suggesting the need for a consolidation period. Two experiments tested an analogue to these studies involving sequences of button pushes, with fingers as “consonants” and thumbs as “vowels.” The button-push errors revealed two of the key speech-error findings: first-order patterns are learned quickly, but second-order thumb-contingent patterns are only strongly revealed in the errors on the second day of testing. The influence of computational complexity on the implicit learning of phonotactic patterns in speech production may be a general feature of sequence production.

Differences in EDNO contribution to arteriolar diameters at rest and during functional dilation in striated muscle

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (1) ◽  
pp. H146-H151 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Hester ◽  
A. Eraslan ◽  
Y. Saito
Keyword(s):  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Muscle Stimulation ◽  
Third Order ◽  
First Order ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Arteriolar Vasodilation ◽  
Arteriolar Diameter

This study was designed to determine the physiological role of endothelium-dependent nitric oxide (EDNO) in the control of arteriolar diameter during rest and muscle stimulation. Diameters of first-, second-, and third-order arterioles in the superfused hamster cremaster muscle were measured before and throughout 1 min of field stimulation before and after inhibition of EDNO release. ENDO inhibition by intravenous N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) significantly attenuated the arteriolar vasodilation in response to 1 microM acetylcholine. First-order arterioles averaged 65 +/- 5 microns at rest and dilated to 86 +/- 6 microns during muscle stimulation (n = 9), second-order arterioles averaged 45 +/- 6 microns and dilated to 72 +/- 3 microns during muscle stimulation (n = 6), with third-order arterioles averaging 29 +/- 2 microns, and dilating to 53 +/- 3 microns during muscle stimulation (n = 7). EDNO inhibition significantly decreased both the resting diameter of first-order arterioles (57 +/- 4 microns) and functional dilation (68 +/- 3 microns; P <0.05). EDNO inhibition had no effect on the resting diameter of second-order arterioles (45 +/- 5 microns) yet significantly attenuated the functional dilation (64 +/- 4 microns; P < 0.05). EDNO inhibition had no effect on either the resting diameter of third-order arterioles (30 +/- 2 microns) or the functional dilation (49 +/- 2 microns).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Role of rheological heterogeneities in vein-ore localization

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Castaing ◽  
D. Cassard ◽  
Y. Gros ◽  
M. Moisy ◽  
J. C. Chabod
Keyword(s):  
Lower Order ◽  
Shear Zones ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Massif Central ◽  
First Order ◽  
Ore Localization ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Partial Destruction

Structural studies of the Saint-Salvy zinc deposit and other Hercynian, veinhosted ore deposits in the French Massif Central and Pyrénées reveal a fourstage evolution of mineralized structures under rheological control: (i) localization of potential mineralized areas, guided by the presence of first-order lithological or structural heterogeneities that caused stress and strain perturbations; (ii) creation of second-order heterogeneities, corresponding to indurated shear zones that acted as rheological discontinuities; (iii) tectonic activation of these second-order heterogeneities, opening voids that allowed circulation of hydrothermal fluids and periodic trapping of ore minerals; (iv) reworking and partial destruction of the mineralized structures, caused by the reactivation of anisotropic surfaces acting as zones of weakness. The interaction between preexisting, first-order heterogeneities and regional shear strain caused instability, which in turn produced second-order and then lower-order heterogeneities. Such progressively smaller heterogeneities induced an increasingly focused, centripetal localization of structural disturbances that enabled hydrothermal fluid channelling. This is the reason that lower-order and late structures preferentially bear economic mineralization.

scholarly journals Attention to Configural Information in Change Detection for Faces

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p5517 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1353-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone K Favelle ◽  
Darren Burke
Keyword(s):  
Change Detection ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Object Discrimination ◽  
Attentional Allocation ◽  
Facial Region ◽  
First Order ◽  
Configural Information ◽  
Order Relations ◽  
Basic Level

In recent research the change-detection paradigm has been used along with cueing manipulations to show that more attention is allocated to the upper than lower facial region, and that this attentional allocation is disrupted by inversion. We report two experiments the object of which was to investigate how the type of information changed might be a factor in these findings by explicitly comparing the role of attention in detecting change to information thought to be ‘special’ to faces (second-order relations) with information that is more useful for basic-level object discrimination (first-order relations). Results suggest that attention is automatically directed to second-order relations in upright faces, but not first-order relations, and that this pattern of attentional allocation is similar across features.

Sodium hyperosmolarity of intestinal lymph causes arteriolar vasodilation in part mediated by EDRF

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (1) ◽  
pp. H323-H328 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Steenbergen ◽  
H. G. Bohlen
Keyword(s):  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Second Order ◽  
First Order ◽  
Acid Absorption ◽  
Intestinal Lymph ◽  
Relaxing Factor ◽  
Endothelium Derived Relaxing Factor ◽  
Arteriolar Vasodilation ◽  
Dose Dependent

This study evaluated 1) the effect of increased submucosal lymph osmolarity on the regulation of first-order (1A) and second-order (2A) intestinal arterioles and 2) the role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in hypertonic-induced vasodilation. Increasing the submucosal lymph osmolarity from 280 to 400 mosM, in increments of 30 mosM, resulted in a dose-dependent dilation of 1A and 2A. A submucosal lymph tonicity of 340 mosM, as occurs during glucose and oleic acid absorption, caused dilation of 1A (118%) and 2A (124%) equivalent to that during absorptive hyperemia. The dilation caused by 400 mosM mannitol (137%) was similar to that with 340 mosM NaCl (131%) and approximately 70% of that with 400 mosM NaCl (152%). After EDRF blockade, the responses to sodium hypertonicity decreased by about one-half; blockade reduced mannitol-induced dilation by 22%. These results indicate that sodium hypertonicity, as occurs during absorption, can play a major role in absorptive hyperemia, and about one-half of the dilation is related to a sodium-coupled release of EDRF.

Consumers' waiting in queues: The role of first-order and second-order justice

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongrong Zhou ◽  
Dilip Soman
Keyword(s):  
Second Order ◽  
First Order

scholarly journals The Princeton Experiment on the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory

1971 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 334-335
Author(s):  
E. B. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Astronomical Observatory ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Guidance System ◽  
Absorption Lines ◽  
Interstellar Absorption ◽  
Entire Spectrum ◽  
First Order ◽  
Order Spectrum ◽  
Ultraviolet Spectrometer

Princeton's 80 cm diameter telescope with an ultraviolet spectrometer will be the prime experiment on board NASA's third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-C) which is scheduled for launch in late 1971. Two scanning carriage arms within the spectrometer will each have one photomultiplier sensitive to a 1600–3200 Å first order spectrum and another photomultiplier which will register from 800 to 1600 Å in the second order. Since the primary purpose of the instrument will be to study interstellar absorption lines, the design philosophy has emphasized the role of carefully examining the detail of specific lines, rather than surveying a star's entire spectrum. Thus the carriage with the narrowest exit slits, providing 0.1 Å resolution in first order and 0.05 Å in second order, has been programmed to repetitively scan and retrace over any selected 0.7 Å interval in first order (or 0.35 Å in second order). Stepping motion in one direction every 16 s will occur for the second carriage, which will offer 0.4 and 0.2 Å resolutions for first and second orders, respectively. Approximately half of the starlight which is focussed on the entrance slit jaws is reflected into a fine guidance system which will enable the spacecraft to stabilize to within 0.1 arc sec on a star as faint as 7th magnitude.

scholarly journals Schemata: The Concept of Schema in the History of Logic

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Corcoran
Keyword(s):  
Second Order ◽  
History Of Logic ◽  
Separation Axiom ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
First Order ◽  
Side Condition ◽  
History Of ◽  
To Come ◽  
Order Separation

AbstractSchemata have played important roles in logic since Aristotle's Prior Analytics. The syllogistic figures and moods can be taken to be argument schemata as can the rules of the Stoic propositional logic. Sentence schemata have been used in axiomatizations of logic only since the landmark 1927 von Neumann paper [31]. Modern philosophers know the role of schemata in explications of the semantic conception of truth through Tarski's 1933 Convention T [42]. Mathematical logicians recognize the role of schemata in first-order number theory where Peano's second-order Induction Axiom is approximated by Herbrand's Induction-Axiom Schema [23]. Similarly, in first-order set theory, Zermelo's second-order Separation Axiom is approximated by Fraenkel's first-order Separation Schema [17]. In some of several closely related senses, a schema is a complex system having multiple components one of which is a template-text or scheme-template, a syntactic string composed of one or more “blanks” and also possibly significant words and/or symbols. In accordance with a side condition the template-text of a schema is used as a “template” to specify a multitude, often infinite, of linguistic expressions such as phrases, sentences, or argument-texts, called instances of the schema. The side condition is a second component. The collection of instances may but need not be regarded as a third component. The instances are almost always considered to come from a previously identified language (whether formal or natural), which is often considered to be another component. This article reviews the often-conflicting uses of the expressions ‘schema’ and ‘scheme’ in the literature of logic. It discusses the different definitions presupposed by those uses. And it examines the ontological and epistemic presuppositions circumvented or mooted by the use of schemata, as well as the ontological and epistemic presuppositions engendered by their use. In short, this paper is an introduction to the history and philosophy of schemata.

scholarly journals Second-order cues to figure motion enable object detection during prey capture by praying mantises

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (52) ◽  
pp. 27018-27027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek Nityananda ◽  
James O’Keeffe ◽  
Diana Umeton ◽  
Adam Simmons ◽  
Jenny C. A. Read
Keyword(s):  
Motion Detection ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Prey Detection ◽  
Motion Sensitivity ◽  
Motion Cues ◽  
First Order ◽  
Motion Detectors ◽  
Do So

Detecting motion is essential for animals to perform a wide variety of functions. In order to do so, animals could exploit motion cues, including both first-order cues—such as luminance correlation over time—and second-order cues, by correlating higher-order visual statistics. Since first-order motion cues are typically sufficient for motion detection, it is unclear why sensitivity to second-order motion has evolved in animals, including insects. Here, we investigate the role of second-order motion in prey capture by praying mantises. We show that prey detection uses second-order motion cues to detect figure motion. We further present a model of prey detection based on second-order motion sensitivity, resulting from a layer of position detectors feeding into a second layer of elementary-motion detectors. Mantis stereopsis, in contrast, does not require figure motion and is explained by a simpler model that uses only the first layer in both eyes. Second-order motion cues thus enable prey motion to be detected, even when perfectly matching the average background luminance and independent of the elementary motion of any parts of the prey. Subsequent to prey detection, processes such as stereopsis could work to determine the distance to the prey. We thus demonstrate how second-order motion mechanisms enable ecologically relevant behavior such as detecting camouflaged targets for other visual functions including stereopsis and target tracking.

Higher‐order Logic

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stewart Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Mathematics ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Logic ◽  
First Order Logic ◽  
Higher Order Logic ◽  
First Order ◽  
Deductive Systems ◽  
Second Order Logic

The philosophical literature contains numerous claims on behalf of and numerous claims against higher-order logic. Virtually all of the issues apply to second-order logic (vis-à-vis first-order logic), so this article focuses on that. It develops the syntax of second-order languages and present typical deductive systems and model-theoretic semantics for them. This will help to explain the role of higher-order logic in the philosophy of mathematics. It is assumed that the reader has at least a passing familiarity with the theory and metatheory of first-order logic.

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