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.

Search Professor Jenny Burt’s works on UQ eSpace

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

61 - 73 of 73 works

1998

Journal Article

Pinch my wig or winch my pig: Spelling, spoonerisms and other language skills

Allyn, FA and Burt, JS (1998). Pinch my wig or winch my pig: Spelling, spoonerisms and other language skills. Reading And Writing, 10 (1), 51-74. doi: 10.1023/A:1007966406297

Pinch my wig or winch my pig: Spelling, spoonerisms and other language skills

1996

Journal Article

Spelling in adults: Orthographic transparency, learning new letter strings, and reading accuracy

Burt, Jennifer S. (1996). Spelling in adults: Orthographic transparency, learning new letter strings, and reading accuracy. The European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 8 (1), 3-43. doi: 10.1080/095414496383194

Spelling in adults: Orthographic transparency, learning new letter strings, and reading accuracy

1996

Journal Article

Expectancy-based associative and identity priming in pronunciation

Burt, JS, Mardle, LI and Humphreys, MS (1996). Expectancy-based associative and identity priming in pronunciation. Australian Journal of Psychology, 48 (2), 64-74. doi: 10.1080/00049539608259508

Expectancy-based associative and identity priming in pronunciation

1994

Journal Article

Identity Primes Produce Facilitation in a Color Naming Task

Burt, JS (1994). Identity Primes Produce Facilitation in a Color Naming Task. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A-Human Experimental Psychology, 47 (4), 957-1000.

Identity Primes Produce Facilitation in a Color Naming Task

1994

Journal Article

Identity Primes Produce Facilitation in a Colour Naming Task

Burt, Jennifer S. (1994). Identity Primes Produce Facilitation in a Colour Naming Task. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, 47 (4), 957-1000. doi: 10.1080/14640749408401103

Identity Primes Produce Facilitation in a Colour Naming Task

1993

Journal Article

Associative Priming in Perceptual Identification - Effects of Prime-Processing Requirements

Burt, JS, Walker, MB, Humphreys, MS and Tehan, G (1993). Associative Priming in Perceptual Identification - Effects of Prime-Processing Requirements. Memory & Cognition, 21 (1), 125-137. doi: 10.3758/BF03211171

Associative Priming in Perceptual Identification - Effects of Prime-Processing Requirements

1993

Journal Article

Delayed Priming of the Pronunciation of Inconsistent Words and Pseudowords

Burt, JS and Humphreys, MS (1993). Delayed Priming of the Pronunciation of Inconsistent Words and Pseudowords. Journal of Memory and Language, 32 (6), 743-765. doi: 10.1006/jmla.1993.1037

Delayed Priming of the Pronunciation of Inconsistent Words and Pseudowords

1992

Journal Article

Against the Lexical Representation of Idioms

Burt, JS (1992). Against the Lexical Representation of Idioms. Canadian Journal of Psychology-Revue Canadienne De Psychologie, 46 (4), 582-605. doi: 10.1037/h0084332

Against the Lexical Representation of Idioms

1987

Journal Article

Sex roles and fear of success: A general population study

Davis, M, Ray, JJ and Burt, JS (1987). Sex roles and fear of success: A general population study. Personality and Individual Differences, 8 (3), 431-432. doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(87)90044-4

Sex roles and fear of success: A general population study

1985

Journal Article

Experimental paradigms emphasising state or process limitations: I effects on speed-accuracy tradeoffs

Vickers, D, Burt, J, Smith, P and Brown, M (1985). Experimental paradigms emphasising state or process limitations: I effects on speed-accuracy tradeoffs. Acta Psychologica, 59 (2), 129-161. doi: 10.1016/0001-6918(85)90017-4

Experimental paradigms emphasising state or process limitations: I effects on speed-accuracy tradeoffs

1985

Journal Article

EXPERIMENTAL PARADIGMS EMPHASIZING STATE OR PROCESS LIMITATIONS .2. EFFECTS ON CONFIDENCE

VICKERS, D, SMITH, P, BURT, J and BROWN, M (1985). EXPERIMENTAL PARADIGMS EMPHASIZING STATE OR PROCESS LIMITATIONS .2. EFFECTS ON CONFIDENCE. Acta Psychologica, 59 (2), 163-193. doi: 10.1016/0001-6918(85)90018-6

EXPERIMENTAL PARADIGMS EMPHASIZING STATE OR PROCESS LIMITATIONS .2. EFFECTS ON CONFIDENCE

1980

Journal Article

2Nd-Order Autoshaped Key Pecking Based On An Auditory Stimulus

Burt, JS and Westbrook, RF (1980). 2Nd-Order Autoshaped Key Pecking Based On An Auditory Stimulus. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 34 (3) 1333009, 305-318. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1980.34-305

2Nd-Order Autoshaped Key Pecking Based On An Auditory Stimulus

1977

Journal Article

5-Hydroxytryptamine depletion with para-chlorophenylalanine: Effects on eating, drinking, irritability, muricide, and copulation

Paxinos, G, Burt, J, Atrens, DM and Jackson, DM (1977). 5-Hydroxytryptamine depletion with para-chlorophenylalanine: Effects on eating, drinking, irritability, muricide, and copulation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 6 (4), 439-447. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(77)90182-4

5-Hydroxytryptamine depletion with para-chlorophenylalanine: Effects on eating, drinking, irritability, muricide, and copulation

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

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