In this study, we investigated the impact of a 10-week free weight resistance training (RT) program on cognitive function in healthy young adults. In this randomized controlled trial, 18 participants were assigned to either an experimental or control group. We assessed cognitive function by using eye-tracking (ET) technology during text processing tasks. First-pass reading times (FPRTs) and total reading times (TRTs) were measured. Results revealed a significant three-way interaction between group, moment, and syntactic complexity in FPRTs, demonstrating training effects on cognitive processing. The experimental group showed a distinctive shift in processing patterns: from longer times in low complexity pre-intervention to increased times in high complexity post-intervention, particularly in early processing measures (FPRTs). Complementary analyses of strength improvements showed that increased strength was associated with enhanced attention allocation to complex structures and improved processing efficiency for simpler texts, suggesting RT’s potential to modulate cognitive function.

Previous corpus-based studies (Ibáñez, Moncada & Cárcamo, 2019) have identified the most and the least frequent coherence relations in Chilean primary school textbooks. Based on these findings, in this study, we explored the effect of exposure to coherence relations on their processing and comprehension. We expected the most frequent coherence relations in school textbooks to be more easily processed and better comprehended than the least frequent ones. Our expectation is explained by integrating the Language Experience (LE) hypothesis (Nippold & Taylor, 2002) and the Schematic Structural Expectations (SSE) hypothesis (Mulder, 2008). A self-paced reading experiment with a within-subjects design and cumulative window paradigm was carried out. One hundred and thirty-eight participants (12-14 years old), attending Chilean schools participated in the experiment. Each of them read 30 experimental items in two different sessions. Results revealed, in the first place, low levels of reading comprehension achievement. General results also showed that, although participants read the most frequent coherence relations slower than the least frequent ones, they comprehended them better. Analysis showed different patterns depending on the subject, which demonstrated that our expectations were partially fulfilled.

Las creencias de autoeficacia pueden afectar el proceso de traducción. Sin embargo, se desconoce su efecto en la calidad de las traducciones. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo determinar el efecto que las creencias de auto-eficacia de estudiantes de Traducción de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso tienen en la calidad de sus traducciones inversas de un texto especializado. Se aplicó la Escala de creencias de autoeficacia del traductor (Haro-Soler, 2018, 2022a) y una prueba de traducción, la cual se revisó con una escala de errores de traducción. Aunque el análisis estadístico indicó que no existe relación estadísticamente significativa entre las variables, se observa cierta tendencia a una relación inversamente proporcional. Este estudio preliminar introduce una variable no considerada previamente, la calidad de la traducción, además de aportar dos instrumentos ad hoc al ámbito de la traducción.

Recent studies have reported important benefits of Resistance Training (RT) in cognitive function; however, there are certain aspects concerning the study of this relation between RT and cognition that still remain unexplored. Some of these aspects encompass populations, programming parameters, and outcome measures. Our interest is unveiling the potential benefits of RT on cognitive function among healthy young adults engaged in complex cognitive tasks, shedding light on RT's impact on cognitive processing through innovative methodology like Eye Tracking. Hence, this study aims to explore the impact of chronic RT, specifically with free weights (FW), on cognitive function among healthy young adults, employing Eye Tracking (ET) technology. We adopted an experimental design including both experimental and control groups. Participants (18) were randomly assigned to either group. The experimental group engaged in a 10-week program of free weight strength training. Cognitive function was operationalized as written text processing and assessed through ET metrics (including First Pass Reading Times and Total Reading Times). The results show significant improvements in eye-tracking measures: Total Reading Times and First Pass Reading Times. These improvements can be attributed to RT, as it has been shown to enhance executive functions, which in turn influence reading performance.

En las últimas décadas, los estudios sobre los procesos cognitivos implicados en la traducción han cobrado gran relevancia (Alves y Jakobsen, 2021). Uno de los procesos clave en este contexto es la focalización de la atención, entendida como la capacidad del traductor para seleccionar y priorizar información relevante durante la tarea traductora. A pesar de su importancia, este fenómeno ha sido escasamente abordado, en especial al considerar variables como el nivel de avance curricular de estudiantes de traducción y el uso de géneros especializados. En este estudio, se analiza la focalización de la atención de dos grupos de estudiantes —de tercer y cuarto año— del programa de Traducción Inglés-Español de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Para ello, se utilizó una herramienta de keylogging que permitió registrar pausas durante un encargo de traducción especializado, entendidas como indicadores del uso de recursos cognitivos (Saldanha y O’Brien, 2013). Los resultados evidenciaron diferencias en la cantidad de pausas entre ambos grupos; sin embargo, el análisis estadístico no arrojó diferencias significativas. Estos hallazgos plantean nuevas interrogantes sobre la relación entre la competencia traductora y los patrones atencionales en la traducción especializada.