Dr Jenny Burt
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Psychology
Social Sciences Building (24)
Level 2, Room S216
Level 2, Room S216
Journal Articles
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Burt, Jennifer S., Salzgeber, Anna and Carroll, Michael F. (2013). Spelling recognition after exposure to misspellings: implications for abstractionist vs. episodic theories of orthographic representations. Acta Psychologica, 142 (3), 383-393. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.01.015
Zulkiply, Norehan and Burt, Jennifer S. (2013). The exemplar interleaving effect in inductive learning: moderation by the difficulty of category discriminations. Memory & Cognition, 41 (1), 16-27. doi: 10.3758/s13421-012-0238-9
Zulkiply, Norehan and Burt, Jennifer S. (2013). Inductive learning: Does interleaving exemplars affect long-term retention?. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 10, 133-155.
Zulkiply, Norehan, McLean, John, Burt, Jennifer S. and Bath, Debra (2012). Spacing and induction: application to exemplars presented as auditory and visual text. Learning and Instruction, 22 (3), 215-221. doi: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.11.002
Burt, Jennifer S. and Heffernan, Maree E. (2012). Reading and spelling in adults: Are there lexical and sub-lexical subtypes?. Journal of Research in Reading, 35 (2), 183-203. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01455.x
Burt, Jennifer S., Howard, Samantha and Falconer, Emmaline K. (2011). T1 difficulty affects the AB: Manipulating T1 word frequency and T1 orthographic neighbor frequency. Attention Perception and Psychophysics, 73 (3), 751-765. doi: 10.3758/s13414-010-0054-x
Burt, Jennifer S. and Long, Julia (2011). Are word representations abstract or instance-based? Effects of spelling inconsistency in orthographic learning. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65 (3), 214-228. doi: 10.1037/a0023708
Karnadewi, F and Burt, JS (2010). Attentional blink for acronyms: Effects of familiarity and pre-exposure. Australian Journal of Psychology, 62 (3), 130-138. doi: 10.1080/00049530903089521
Edwards, Mark S., Burt, Jennifer S. and Lipp, Ottmar V. (2010). Selective attention for masked and unmasked emotionally toned stimuli: Effects of trait anxiety, state anxiety, and test order. British Journal of Psychology, 101 (2), 325-343. doi: 10.1348/000712609X466559
Howard, Samantha and Burt, Jennifer S. (2010). Evidence from the attentional blink for different sources of word repetition effects. Consciousness and Cognition, 19 (1), 125-134. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.09.012
Edwards, Mark S., Burt, Jennifer S. and Lipp, Ottmar V. (2010). Selective attention for masked and unmasked threatening words in anxiety: Effects of trait anxiety, state anxiety and awareness. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48 (3), 210-218. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.003
Humphreys, Michael S., Maguire, Angela M., McFarlane, Kimberley A., Burt, Jennifer S., Bolland, Scott W., Murray, Krista L. and Dunn, Ryan (2010). Using maintenance rehearsal to explore recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36 (1), 147-159. doi: 10.1037/a0017687
Burt, Jennifer S. (2009). Identifiable orthographically similar word primes interfere in visual word identification. Journal of Memory and Language, 61 (3), 259-284. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.06.003
Martin, Nicolas W., Hansell, Narelle K., Wainwright, Mark A., Shekar, Sri N., Medland, Sarah E., Bates, Timothy C., Burt, Jennifer S., Martin, Nicholas G. and Wright, Margaret J. (2009). Genetic covariation between the author recognition test and reading and verbal abilities: What can we learn from the analysis of high performance?. Behavior Genetics, 39 (4), 417-426. doi: 10.1007/s10519-009-9275-y
Peereman, Ronald, Dufour, Sophie and Burt, Jennifer S. (2009). Orthographic influences in spoken-word recognition: The consistency effect in semantic and gender categorization tasks. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16 (2), 363-368. doi: 10.3758/PBR.16.2.363
Chalmers, Kerry A. and Burt, Jennifer S. (2008). Phonological and semantic information in adults' orthographic learning. Acta Psychologica, 128 (1), 162-175. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.12.003
Burt, Jennifer S. and Blackwell, Penelope (2008). Sound-spelling consistency in adults' orthographic learning. Journal of Research in Reading, 31 (1), 77-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2007.00362.x
Burt, JS (2006). What is orthographic processing skill and how does it relate to word identification in reading?. Journal of Research In Reading, 29 (4), 400-417. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00315.x
Burt, JS (2006). Spelling in adults: The combined influences of language skills and reading experience. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 35 (5), 447-470. doi: 10.1007/s10936-006-9024-9
Edwards, MS, Burt, JS and Lipp, OV (2006). Selective processing of masked and unmasked verbal threat material in anxiety: Influence of an immediate acute stressor. Cognition & Emotion, 20 (6), 812-835. doi: 10.1080/02699930500375761
Herbert, Debra M. B. and Burt, Jennifer S. (2004). What do students remember? Episodic memory and the development of schematization. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18 (1), 77-88. doi: 10.1002/acp.947
Healy, D. R. and Burt, J. S. (2003). Attending to the distractor and old/new discriminations in negative priming. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A (3), 421-443. doi: 10.1080/02724980244000477
Herbert, Debra M. B. and Burt, Jennifer S. (2003). The effects of different review opportunities on schematisation of knowledge. Learning And Instruction, 13 (1), 73-92. doi: 10.1016/S0959-4752(01)00038-X
Burt, JS, Connors, MD and Grant-Taylor, K (2003). Stem-completion priming for words studied in sentences: The context deletion effect under direct and indirect memory instructions. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/00049530412331312804
Burt, J. S. (2002). Why do non-color words interfere with color naming?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 28 (5), 1019-1038. doi: 10.1037/0096-1523.28.5.1019
Burt, J. S. and Tate, H. (2002). Does a reading lexicon provide orthographic representations for spelling?. Journal of Memory and Language, 46 (3), 518-543. doi: 10.1006/jmla.2001.2818
Humphreys, M. S., Burt, J. S. and Lawrence, S. (2001). Expecting dirt but saying dart: The creation of a blend memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8 (4), 820-826. doi: 10.3758/BF03196223
Herbert, Debra M. B. and Burt, Jennifer S. (2001). Memory awareness and schematization: Learning in the university context. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15 (6), 617-637. doi: 10.1002/acp.729
Burt, J. S. and Fury, M. B. (2000). Spelling in adults: The role of reading skills and experience. Reading And Writing, 13 (1-2), 1-30. doi: 10.1023/A:1008071802996
Burt, JS and Hutchinson, BJ (2000). Case-mixing effects on spelling recognition: The importance of test format. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 29 (4), 433-451. doi: 10.1023/A:1005159329417
Burt, JS and Shrubsole, CS (2000). Processing of phonological representations and adult spelling proficiency. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52 (2), 100-109. doi: 10.1080/00049530008255375
Burt, J. S. (1999). Associative priming in color naming: Interference and facilitation. Memory & Cognition, 27 (3), 454-464. doi: 10.3758/BF03211540
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Conference Papers
Burt, J. S. and Blackwell, P. (2006). A misspelt youth: Spelling and orthographic learning in university students as a function of spelling-sound consistency. The 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 20-23 April 2006. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. doi: 10.1080/00049530600940016
Burt, J. S. and Chalmers, K. A. (2004). Adults' acquisition of new lexical representations. 31st Conference of the Australian Experimental Psychology Society, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ, 16-18 April 2004. Melbourne: The Australian Psychological Society.
Edwards, M. S., Burt, J. S. and Lipp, O. V. (2003). Selective attention for threatening information in anxious mood states. 30th Conference of the Australian Experimental Psychologists, Sydney, Australia, 2002. Basingstoke, U.K.: Taylor and Francis.
Burt, J. S. and Salzgeber, A. (2003). Is the effect of reading misspellings context dependent?. 30th Conference of the Australian Experimental Psychologists, Sydney, Australia, 2002. Basingstoke, U.K.: Taylor and Francis.
Burt, J. S. (2002). Reading and spelling words: Item-specific and task contributions. 29th Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Adelaide, 5 - 7 April 2002. Australia: Australian Psychological Society.
Burt, Jennifer S. (2001). Literacy skills and cerebellar function in adults. 28th Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne City Campus, Victoria, 20-22 April 2001. Carlton South, Victoria: The Australian Psychological Society Ltd.
Burt, J. S. and Healy, D. (2000). Ambiguity in old/new discrimination: The basis of negative priming effects?. 27th Annual Experimental Psychology Conference, Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Queensland, 27-30 April 2000. Melbourne: Australian Psyschological Society.
Burt, J. S. (1999). Lexical decisions about correctly and incorrectly spelled words: A parallel with word frequency effects?. 26th Annual Experimental Psychology Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, 9 - 11 April, 1999. Carlton South, Vic: Aust. Psychological Society. doi: 10.1080/00049539908255102
Data Collections
Burt, Jenny, Chalmers, Kerry and Leggett, Jack (2021). Trial Data Homographs. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/c18b259
Burt, Jenny and Leggett, Jack (2021). Raw data for Repetition Blindness Duration Experiments. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/1c1d874