Presentations at Professional Conferences
Gleason, L. J., & Francis, W. S. (2021). Mechanisms of predictability and repetition-priming effects on speech recognition in noise. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 26.
Gurrola, B. V., Uribe, D., & Francis, W. S. (2021). Mechanisms of false memories in bilinguals. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 26.
Francis, W. S., & Tovar, A. (2021, September). Short-term and long-term effects of contextualized comprehension exposures on bilingual word production. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Online.
Gleason, L. J., & Francis, W. S. (2021, September). Mechanisms of predictability and repetition-priming effects on speech recognition in noise. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Online.
Gurrola, B. V., Uribe, D., & Francis, W. S. (2021, September). Mechanisms of false memories in bilinguals. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Online.
Francis, W. S. (2021, July). Cross-language influences in long-term memory. Paper presented remotely at the 13th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Online.
Francis, W. S., & Baca, P. (2020). Dependencies in memory for language and modality in bilinguals. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 25, 45.
Nájera, O. I., Tsuboi, N., & Francis, W. S. (2020). Bilingual learning of foreign vocabulary as a function of proficiency in known languages. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 25, 236.
Baca, P., Gómez, S., & Francis, W. S. (2020, October). Language and modality recognition. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Online.
Strobach, E. N., & Francis, W. S. (2020, October). Representation of language membership in episodic memory. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Online.
Francis, W. S., & Tovar, A. (2019). Short-term and long-term effects of contextualized comprehension exposures on bilingual word production. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 24.
Tsuboi, N., Boushka, E., Najera, O. I., Nevarez, A., & Francis, W. S. (2019). Effects of bilingualism, language proficiency, modality, and concreteness in foreign language word learning. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 24.
Francis, W. S., Arteaga, M. M., Liaño, M. K., & Taylor, R. S. (2019, October). A model of rehearsal and retrieval in monolingual and bilingual free recall. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Guedea, E. L., Tovar, A., & Francis, W. S. (2019, October). Auditory and visual comprehension exposures have immediate and sustained effects on spoken word production. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Gurrola, B. V., Gleason, L. J., & Francis, W. S. (2019, October). Patterns of standardized language assessment performance in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Nájera, O. I., Tsuboi, N., & Francis, W. S. (2019, October). Foreign vocabulary learning in bilinguals: Effects of language proficiency. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Tovar, A., Guedea, E. L., Gurrola, B. V., & Francis. W. S. (2019, October). Do comprehension and production of words in sentence contexts produce long-term facilitation in word production? Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Tsuboi, N., Boushka, E., Nájera, O. I., Nevarez, A., & Francis, W. S. (2019, October). The effects of modality, concreteness, and language proficiency on foreign vocabulary learning in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Francis, W. S., & Guedea, E. L. (2018). Durability of the impact of visual and auditory comprehension exposures on bilingual word production. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 23, 60.
Gurrola, B. V., Martínez, M., Negrón, J. A., Medellín, P., & Francis, W. S. (2018). Impact of contextualized visual and auditory comprehension exposures on bilingual word production. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 23, 247.
Francis, W. S., Arteaga, M. M., Soltero, A., & Etienne, J. C. (2018, September). Rehearsal and retrieval dynamics in monolingual and bilingual free recall. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Houston, TX.
Guedea, E. L., & Francis, W. S. (2018, September). Immediate and delayed impact of visual comprehension exposures on spoken word production in bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Houston, TX.
Gurrola, B. V., Medellín, P., & Francis, W. S. (2018, September). Impact of auditory comprehension in context on spoken word production in bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Houston, TX.
Martínez, M., Negrón, J. A., & Francis, W. S. (2018, September). Effects of visual sentence comprehension on later production in bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Houston, TX.
Tsuboi, N., & Francis, W. S. (2018, September). The effects of participant proficiency and item difficulty on bilingual asymmetries in comprehension and production. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Houston, TX.
Francis, W. S. (2018, April). Explicit memory in bilinguals: An associative strength approach. Paper presented at the Ninetieth Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Francis, W. S., Arteaga, M. M., Soltero, A., & Etienne, J. C. (2017). Temporal dynamics of rehearsal and recall in monolinguals and bilinguals. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 22, 57.
Penalver, R. M., Sapien-Soto, U., Gurrola, B. V., Bejarano, N., Martínez, M., & Francis, W. S. (2017). Source memory in bilinguals: Evidence that contextual associations are made at the conceptual level. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 22, 288-289.
Taylor, R. S., Etienne, J. C., & Francis, W. S.(2017). The effects of concreteness, frequency, language dominance, and sentence context in item recognition. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 22, 207.
Tsuboi, N., Melendez Luján, M. R., Guedea, E. L., Negrón, J. A., & Francis, W. S. (2017). Effects of visual and auditory comprehension episodes on later spoken word production. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 22, 162.
Arteaga, M. M., Soltero, A., Etienne, J. C., & Francis, W. S. (2017, October). Temporal dynamics of rehearsal and recall in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Francis, W. S. (2017, October). Shared concepts and shared associations in bilingual semantic memory. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Melendez Luján, M. R., Tsuboi, N., Negrón, J., Guedea, E. L., & Francis, W. S. (2017, October). Impact of auditory and visual comprehension exposures on spoken word production in bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Taylor, R. S., Etienne, J. C., & Francis, W. S.(2017, October). The impact of sentence constraint and language proficiency on recognition of concrete and abstract high- and low-frequency words. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Tsuboi, N., Guedea, E. L., & Francis, W. S. (2017, October). Short-term and long-term impact of listening and reading exposures on spoken word production. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Francis, W. S. (2017, June). Repetition priming methodology reveals overlap in the semantic representations of translation equivalents and a shared semantic system. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism, Limerick, Ireland.
Brown, J. M., Schwartz, A. I., & Francis, W. S.(2016). Effects of working memory load on bilingual translation route. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 21, 162.
Penalver, R. M., & Francis, W. S. (2016). Did I just say that out loud? Reality monitoring in bilinguals. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 21, 68.
Taylor, R. S., & Francis, W. S. (2016). The impact of context availability on concreteness and frequency effects in recognition memory. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 21, 246-247.
Bangert, A. S., Penalver, R. M., & Francis, W. S.(2016, October). The impact of bilingual language proficiency on attention in temporal reproduction. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference El Paso, TX.
Brown, J. M., Schwartz, A. I., & Francis, W. S. (2016, September). Effects of working memory load on bilingual translation route. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference El Paso, TX.
Martinez, M., Gurrola, B., Strobach, E. N., & Francis, W. S. (2016, September). Memory for temporal context in bilinguals and monolinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference El Paso, TX.
Penalver, R. M., Sapien-Soto, U., Etienne, J C., Stoll, L., & Francis, W. S. (2016, September). Did I just say that out loud? Reality monitoring in bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference El Paso, TX.
Taylor, R. S., Stoll, L., Etienne, J C., Carbajal, J., & Francis, W. S. (2016, September). The impact of context availability on concreteness and frequency effects in recognition memory. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference El Paso, TX.
Francis, W. S., Strobach, E. N., & Martinez, M. (2016, May). Source recognition and list discrimination in bilinguals. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Granada, Spain.
Taylor, R. S., Francis, W. S., & Arteaga, M. M. (2016, May). Between-language repetition priming in antonym generation. Poster presented at the International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Granada, Spain.
Francis, W. S., Liaño, M. K., & Taylor, R. S. (2015). Temporal associations in bilingual recall: Effects of proficiency and word frequency. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 20, 146.
Penalver, R. M., Rosales, C., & Francis, W. S. (2015). Repetition priming in picture naming as a function of bilingual proficiency and word frequency.Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 20, 147.
Francis, W. S., Liaño, M. K., & Taylor, R. S. (2015, October). Effects of bilingual proficiency and word frequency on temporal associations in free recall. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Waco, TX.
Penalver, R. M., Ochoa, Y. D., Liaño, M. K., & Francis, W. S. (2015, October). The effects of bilingual proficiency on perceptual implicit memory proceses. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Waco, TX.
Taylor, R. S., Arteaga, M. M., & Francis, W. S. (2015, October). Adjectives exhibit between-language repetition priming in antonym generation. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Waco, TX.
Francis, W. S., Taylor, R. S., Penalver, R. M., & Liaño, M. K. (2014). Semantic clustering in recall as a function of bilingual language proficiency. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 19, 231-232
Strobach, E. N., Francis, W. S., & Ransom, M. P. (2014). The effects of task demands and word frequency on language source encoding. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 19, 232.
Francis, W. S., Taylor, R. S., & MacLeod, C. M. (2014, October). Joint influence of visual and auditory words in the Stroop task. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Norman, OK.
Penalver, R. M., Francis, W. S., & Rosales, C. (2014, October). The effects of word frequency and language proficiency on repetition priming in picture naming. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Norman, OK.
Taylor, R. S., Liaño, M. K., Penalver, R. M., & Francis, W. S. (2014, October). Semantic clustering in bilingual recall. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Norman, OK.
Francis, W. S., & Strobach, E. N. (2013). Prediction of objective bilingual language proficiency: Can self-report measures suffice? Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 18, 34.
Strobach, E. N., Francis, W. S., Perea, I., & Motta, C. (2013). Recognition and repetition priming as a function of translation and sentence context. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 18, 149.
Francis, W. S., Strobach, E. N., Penalver, R., Lara, B., & Ochoa, Y. (2012). Bilingual proficiency effects in conceptual and perceptual implicit memory. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 17, 7.
Francis, W. S. (2012, October). Bilingual proficiency effects on memory processes. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Laredo, TX.
Francis, W. S., Lara, B., Strobach, E. N., & Durán, G. (2011, September). Bilingual proficiency effects in paired associate learning. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Commerce, TX.
Strobach, E. N., Francis, W. S., & Lara, B. (2011, September). Recognition of high and low frequency words in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Commerce, TX.
de la Riva, E. M., & Francis, W. S. (2011, May). Language facilitates the categorization of ethnicity. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Francis, W. S., & Strobach, E. N. (2010). Language proficiency and divided attention effects on recognition of high and low frequency words. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 15, 11.
Francis, W. S., Lara, B., & Durán, G. (2010, October). Bilingual proficiency effects on associative memory. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Francis, W. S., Luévano, A., Acosta, C., & Zambrano-Vázquez, L. (2010, October). Auditory and visual Stroop tasks interfere with different stages of word production: Evidence from bilinguals. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Durán, G., Francis, W. S., & Lara, B. (2010, October). Effects of concurrent task performance on visual object identification. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Durán, G., Francis, W. S., & Martinez, M. (2010). Concurrent task performance and the role of attention in change detection. Vision Science Society 2010 Abstracts, 95.
Durán, G., Francis, W. S., & Lara, B. (2009). Effects of concurrent task performance on visual object identification. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 14, 147.
Francis, W. S., Acosta, C., Luévano, A., & Zambrano-Vázquez, L. (2009). Distinct bases for auditory and visual Stroop interference in monolinguals and bilinguals. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 14, 32.
Durán, G., Francis, W. S., & Martinez, M. (2009, October). Effects of concurrent task performance on change detection. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Houston, TX.
Francis, W. S., García, J., Rámirez, J., Quiñónez, R., Navarrete, R., & Adame, H. M. (2009, October). Effects of bilingual proficiency on remembering, forgetting, and concealing information. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Houston, TX.
Francis, W. S., Camacho, A., & de la Riva, E. M. (2008). Words translated in context produce long-term repetition priming. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 13, 32.
Acosta, C., & Francis, W. S. (2008, October). Visual and auditory Stroop interference in monolinguals and bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, El Paso, TX.
Durán, G., & Francis, W. S. (2008, October). Interference effects from simultaneous word processing in bilinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, El Paso, TX
Francis, W. S., & Camacho, A. (2008, October). Repetition priming for words encoded in context. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, El Paso, TX.
Francis, W. S., Durán, G., de la Riva, E. M., Arêas da Luz Fontes, A. B., & Yeh, L. H. (2008, October). Pensamiento y Conocimiento: Introducción a la Psicología Cognitiva. Workshop (2 hours) conducted at the II Congreso Internacional de Psicología, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Francis, W. S. (2008, September). Using repetition priming to study bilingual vocabulary access. Invited Keynote Speaker at the Ghent Workshop on Bilingualism, Ghent, Belgium.
Francis, W. S., Granillo, E., Orozco, M. G., & Alexander, V. (2007). Accommodating "backward" repetition priming effects in a transfer appropriate processing model. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 12, 82-83.
Durán, G., & Francis, W. S. (2007, October). Simultaneous processing of English and Spanish language inputs in bilinguals and monolinguals. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Francis, W. S., Lieske, W., Luján, D., & Sáenz, S. P. (2007, October). Reasons and conditions for baseline response time changes in repeated picture naming. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Riva, E. M. de la, Francis, W. S., & Caraballo, Julisa T. (2007, October). Verb generation priming: decomposition of processes. Poster presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Francis, W. S., Regalado, P., Sáenz, S. P., & Durán, G. (2006). Asymmetries in speed and accuracy of bilingual comprehension and production processes. ><;Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 11, 89.
Francis, W. S., Durán, G., Gallard, S. L. K., Luévano, G., & Arzate, J. C. (2006, October). Processes contributing to repetition priming in bilingual word translation. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Francis, W. S., & Durán, G. (2005). Decomposition of repetition priming processes in bilingual word translation. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 10, 134-135.
Riva, E. M. de la, Francis, W. S., & García-Portillo, J. (2005, April). Repetition priming within and across languages: Verb generation in Spanish-English bilinguals and monolinguals. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.
Riva, E. M. de la, & Francis, W. S. (2005, April). Verb generation norms for bilinguals and monolinguals in Spanish and English. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.
Riva, E. M. de la, Francis, W. S., & García-Portillo, J. (2005, March). Cross-language repetition priming in Spanish-English bilinguals. Paper presented at the 5th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Barcelona, Spain.
Francis, W. S., & Gallard, S. L. K. (2004). Trilingual translation processes: Evidence from response times and repetition priming. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 9, 84.
Michael, E. B., Tokowicz, N., & Francis, W. S. (2004). Translating words in two directions: When order matters. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 9, 107.
Francis, W. S., Sáenz, S. P., & Gutiérrez, C. (2003). Processes contributing to repetition priming endurance in picture naming and translation. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 8, 89.
Francis, W. S. (2003, October). Mathematical process models of bilingual vocabulary access. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, College Station, TX.
Francis, W. S., & Regalado, P. (May, 2003). Picture naming, translation, and word classification response times as a function of bilingual experience and self-reported proficiency. Poster presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Tempe, Arizona.
Francis, W. S., Tokowicz, N., & Kroll, J. F. (2003, May). Translation priming as a function of bilingual proficiency and item difficulty. Poster presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Tempe, AZ.
Francis, W. S. (2003, April). Discussion of colloquium on recent investigations of the bilingual brain. Paper presented at the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Tempe, Arizona.
Francis, W. S., Corral, N. I., Arzate, J. C., Luévano, G., Jones, M. L., & Regalado, P. (2002). Decomposition of priming components in picture naming and translation. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 7, 32.
Francis, W. S., Augustini, B. K., & Sáenz, S. P. (2002, October). Repetition priming in picture naming as a function of shared processes and their difficulty. Paper presented at ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Francis, W. S. (2001). Components of priming in category exemplar generation. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 6, 47.
Francis, W. S., Jameson, J. T., Augustini, B. K., & Chávez, V. (2000). Determinants of priming magnitude: Transfer-appropriate processing and process difficulty. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 5, 99.
Presentations at Student Conferences
Acosta, Cristián. (2008, April). Visual and Auditory Stroop Interference in Bilinguals. Poster presented at the conference of the UTEP chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), El Paso, TX.
Gutiérrez, Marisela. (2006, April). Levels of processing effects in bilinguals recognition memory. Paper presented at the Llano EstacadoUndergraduate Psychology Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Manzanera, Diana G. (2006, April). Effects of massed and spaced repetition on bilingual recognition memory. Paper presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Gutiérrez, Marisela & Manzanera, Diana G. (2006, April). Semantic clustering in bilingual recall as a function of language and stimulus format. Poster presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Lubbock, TX.
García, Jaime & Adame, Hector M. (2006, April). Effects of remember, forget, and conceal instructions on bilingual recall. Poster presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Psychology Conference,Lubbock, TX.
Durán, Gabriela. (2005, April). Decomposition of repetition priming processes in word translation. Paper presented at the Dialogue of Aggies and Miners, El Paso, TX.
De la Riva, Eva M. (2005, April). Cross-language repetition priming in Spanish-English bilinguals. Paper presented at the Dialogue of Aggies and Miners, El Paso, TX.
Jones, Mary L. (2004, March). Attitudes about language mixing: People, behavior, and self. Poster presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Research Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Ruiz, Anette. (2004, March). Self-reported reasons for language mixing in a bilingual community. Poster presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Research Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Corral, Nuvia I. (May, 2003). Los efectos al cambiar el ejemplar o idioma en la facilitación cuando bilingües nombran imágenes repetidas. Paper presented at the Encuentro Inter-Estudiantil de Psicología del Estadode Chihuahua, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Sáenz, Silvia P. (May,2003). Efectos del proceso practicado y de la postergación en la facilitación del nombramiento de imágenes. Paper presented at the Encuentro Inter-Estudiantil de Psicología del Estado de Chihuahua,Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Corral, Nuvia I. (March, 2003). Effects of exemplar and language change on priming of picture naming in bilinguals. Paper presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Research Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Jones, Mary L. (March, 2003). Repetition priming components in picture naming. Paper presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Research Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Sáenz, Silvia P. (March, 2003). Effects of process practiced and delay on priming in picture naming. Poster presented at the Llano Estacado Undergraduate Research Conference, Lubbock, TX.