Dr Jenny Burt
Dr

Jenny Burt

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Background

Jenny Burt completed her PhD in associative learning in animals in 1982 at the Univeristy of NSW and was a lecturer in psychology at UQ until 2017. Her research interests are in cognitive psychology, primarily visual word identification and spelling, as well as memory and attention, especially as they relate to word processing.

Availability

Dr Jenny Burt is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Cognitive and computational psychology Psychology

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales

Research interests

  • Visual word identification and spelling

    The processes of word reading and the nature and acquisition of word memories that make reading and spelling possible.

  • Attention and registering events under time pressure

    Pre-conscious processing of visual items, especially words and letter strings. The processes required to achieve awareness of separate events under time pressure.

Research impacts

My research in word reading and spelling has implications for reaidng and spelling instruction is schools, and for assessing and remediation of dyslexia. My recent work on word similarity (as a co-author on an ARC linkage projec)t has practical applciations to the procedures of brandanme registration in Australia and elsewhere.

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73 works between 1977 and 2022
All (73) Journal Article (63) Conference Publication (8) Other Outputs (2)

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2022

Journal Article

Increasing the duration of an intervening distractor word can increase repetition blindness: Evidence for interitem competition in rapid visual sequences

Burt, Jennifer S., Leggett, Jack M. I. and Anderson, Laura E. (2022). Increasing the duration of an intervening distractor word can increase repetition blindness: Evidence for interitem competition in rapid visual sequences. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77 (1), 73-83. doi: 10.1037/cep0000286

Increasing the duration of an intervening distractor word can increase repetition blindness: Evidence for interitem competition in rapid visual sequences

2022

Journal Article

How does orthographic or phonological similarity produce repetition blindness?

Burt, Jennifer S. and Porter, Julie K. (2022). How does orthographic or phonological similarity produce repetition blindness?. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 37 (6), 686-706. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2021.2016872

How does orthographic or phonological similarity produce repetition blindness?

2021

Journal Article

Retrieval practice via corrective feedback: is learning better for targets in an expected or surprising sense?

Burt, Jennifer S., Leggett, Jack M. I., Chalmers, Kerry A. and Boulton, Perri A. (2021). Retrieval practice via corrective feedback: is learning better for targets in an expected or surprising sense?. Memory, 29 (10), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2021.1988645

Retrieval practice via corrective feedback: is learning better for targets in an expected or surprising sense?

2021

Other Outputs

Trial Data Homographs

Burt, Jenny, Chalmers, Kerry and Leggett, Jack (2021). Trial Data Homographs. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/c18b259

Trial Data Homographs

2021

Other Outputs

Raw data for Repetition Blindness Duration Experiments

Burt, Jenny and Leggett, Jack (2021). Raw data for Repetition Blindness Duration Experiments. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/1c1d874

Raw data for Repetition Blindness Duration Experiments

2020

Journal Article

How semantic processing affects recognition memory

Humphreys, Michael S., Li, Yanqi Ryan, Burt, Jennifer S. and Loft, Shayne (2020). How semantic processing affects recognition memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 113 104109, 104109. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2020.104109

How semantic processing affects recognition memory

2020

Journal Article

Errors may not cue recall of corrective feedback: evidence against the mediation hypothesis of the testing effect

Leggett, Jack M. I. and Burt, Jennifer S. (2020). Errors may not cue recall of corrective feedback: evidence against the mediation hypothesis of the testing effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47 (1), 65-74. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000810

Errors may not cue recall of corrective feedback: evidence against the mediation hypothesis of the testing effect

2019

Journal Article

Repetition priming and repetition blindness: effects of an intervening distractor word

Leggett, Jack M. I., Burt, Jennifer S. and Ceccato, Jo-Maree (2019). Repetition priming and repetition blindness: effects of an intervening distractor word. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73 (2), 105-117. doi: 10.1037/cep0000164

Repetition priming and repetition blindness: effects of an intervening distractor word

2019

Journal Article

Retrieval practice can improve classroom review despite low practice test performance

Leggett, Jack M. I., Burt, Jennifer S. and Carroll, Annemaree (2019). Retrieval practice can improve classroom review despite low practice test performance. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33 (5) acp.3517, 759-770. doi: 10.1002/acp.3517

Retrieval practice can improve classroom review despite low practice test performance

2018

Journal Article

The curious case of spillover: does it tell us much about saccade timing in reading?

Remington, Roger W., Burt, Jennifer S. and Becker, Stefanie I. (2018). The curious case of spillover: does it tell us much about saccade timing in reading?. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 80 (7), 1-8. doi: 10.3758/s13414-018-1544-5

The curious case of spillover: does it tell us much about saccade timing in reading?

2017

Journal Article

How important is the name in predicting false recognition for lookalike brands?

Humphreys, Michael S., McFarlane, Kimberley A., Burt, Jennifer S., Kelly, Sarah J., Weatherall, Kimberlee G. and Burrell, Robert G. (2017). How important is the name in predicting false recognition for lookalike brands?. Psychology Public Policy and Law, 23 (3), 381-395. doi: 10.1037/law0000133

How important is the name in predicting false recognition for lookalike brands?

2017

Journal Article

Repetition blindness in priming in perceptual identification: Competitive effects of a word intervening between prime and target

Burt, Jennifer S. and Jolley, Jessica (2017). Repetition blindness in priming in perceptual identification: Competitive effects of a word intervening between prime and target. Memory & Cognition, 45 (7), 1171-1181. doi: 10.3758/s13421-017-0726-z

Repetition blindness in priming in perceptual identification: Competitive effects of a word intervening between prime and target

2017

Journal Article

Brandname confusion: subjective and objective measures of orthographic similarity

Burt, Jennifer S., McFarlane, Kimberley A., Kelly, Sarah, Humphreys, Michael S., Weatherall, Kimberlee G. and Burrell, Robert G. (2017). Brandname confusion: subjective and objective measures of orthographic similarity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23 (3), 320-335. doi: 10.1037/xap0000127

Brandname confusion: subjective and objective measures of orthographic similarity

2017

Journal Article

Recognition in context: implications for trade mark law

Humphreys, Michael S., McFarlane, Kimberley A., Burt, Jennifer S., Kelly, Sarah J., Weatherall, Kimberlee G. and Burrell, Robert G. (2017). Recognition in context: implications for trade mark law. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 24 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.3758/s13423-017-1235-6

Recognition in context: implications for trade mark law

2016

Journal Article

Do learned alarm sounds interfere with working memory?

Lacherez, Philippe, Donaldson, Liam and Burt, Jennifer S. (2016). Do learned alarm sounds interfere with working memory?. Human Factors, 58 (7), 1044-1051. doi: 10.1177/0018720816662733

Do learned alarm sounds interfere with working memory?

2016

Journal Article

The locus of taboo context effects in picture naming

Hansen, Samuel J., McMahon, Katie L., Burt, Jennifer S. and de Zubicaray, Greig I. (2016). The locus of taboo context effects in picture naming. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1124895

The locus of taboo context effects in picture naming

2016

Journal Article

Masked form priming is moderated by the size of the letter-order-free orthographic neighbourhood

Burt, Jennifer S. and Duncum, Sophie (2016). Masked form priming is moderated by the size of the letter-order-free orthographic neighbourhood. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1126289

Masked form priming is moderated by the size of the letter-order-free orthographic neighbourhood

2015

Journal Article

Masked priming by misspellings: Word frequency moderates the effects of SOA and prime–target similarity

Burt, Jennifer S. (2015). Masked priming by misspellings: Word frequency moderates the effects of SOA and prime–target similarity. Memory and Cognition, 44 (2), 262-277. doi: 10.3758/s13421-015-0551-1

Masked priming by misspellings: Word frequency moderates the effects of SOA and prime–target similarity

2015

Journal Article

The role of lexical expertise in reading homophones

Burt, Jennifer S and Jared, Debra (2015). The role of lexical expertise in reading homophones. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69 (7), 1302-1321. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1062528

The role of lexical expertise in reading homophones

2014

Journal Article

Repetition in visual word identification: benefits and costs

Burt, Jennifer S., Kipps, Tahli J. and Matthews, Julian R. (2014). Repetition in visual word identification: benefits and costs. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67 (10), 1986-2009. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2014.896386

Repetition in visual word identification: benefits and costs

Past funding

  • 2012 - 2015
    Testing trade mark law's image of the consumer (ARC Linkage Project administered by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Testing trade mark law's image of the consumer
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011
    An eye-tracking and neuro-stimulation laboratory for cognitive neuroscience research
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Testing Trade Mark Law's Image of the Consumer
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2009
    UQ Travel Awards Category 1, Dr Ronald Peereman
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2006
    NHMRC_Infrastructure Item_Excellence in computer-based research in Psychology
    NHMRC Equipment Grant
    Open grant
  • 2005
    The expansion of vocabulary: Developing memory representations of new words
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    The Expansion of Vocabulary: Developing Memory Representations Of New Words
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Memory representations of words in reading and spelling
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002
    From a nonword to a word: The role of episodic memory in acquiring lexical representations
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Spelling ability in adults
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1997
    Episodic and semantic influences on the identification of degraded targets
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Jenny Burt is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Spelling

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