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An eye movement corpus study of the age-of-acquisition effect [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In the present study, we investigated the effects of word-level age of acquisition (AoA) on natural reading. Previous studies, using multiple language modalities, showed that earlier-learned words are recognized, read, spoken, and responded to faster ...
Dirix, Nicolas, Duyck, Wouter
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Changes in White-Matter Connectivity in Late Second Language Learners: Evidence from Diffusion Tensor Imaging

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Morphological brain changes as a consequence of new learning have been widely established. Learning a second language (L2) is one such experience that can lead to rapid structural neural changes. However, still relatively little is known about how levels
Eleonora Rossi   +5 more
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Curriculum sequencing and the acquisition of clock reading skills among Chinese and Flemish children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The present study reexamines the adoption of clock reading skills in the primary mathematics curriculum. In many Western countries, the mathematics curriculum adopts a number of age-related stages for teaching clock reading skills, that were defined by ...
Burny, Elise   +4 more
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Word frequency affects naming latency in Dutch when age of acquisition is controlled. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Morrison and Ellis (1995) claim that most evidence of frequency effects in word recognition is not genuine but an artefact of the age at which the words have been acquired.
Brysbaert, M.
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Age of second language acquisition affects nonverbal conflict processing in children : an fMRI study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: In their daily communication, bilinguals switch between two languages, a process that involves the selection of a target language and minimization of interference from a nontarget language. Previous studies have uncovered the neural structure
De Houwer A   +11 more
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Age of acquisition effects in vocabulary learning

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2010
Two experiments examined whether the age of acquisition (AoA) of a concept influences the speed at which native English speakers are able to name pictures using a newly acquired second language (L2) vocabulary. In Experiment 1, participants were taught L2 words associated with pictures.
Shekeila D, Palmer, Jelena, Havelka
openaire   +2 more sources

The effect of background noise on speech perception in monolingual and bilingual adults with normal hearing

open access: yesNoise and Health, 2021
Background: Previous studies have highlighted that bilingual listeners have a deficit in speech perception in their second language compared with monolingual listeners in noisy listening environments.
Danah Alqattan, Paul Turner
doaj   +1 more source

Color Image Norms in Mandarin Chinese

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
The present study comprises two parts, an object picture naming task and rating tasks, and reports naming latencies and norms for 435 color images in Mandarin Chinese.
Dandan Zhou   +5 more
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Examining Oral (Dis)Fluency in—uh– —Spanish as a Heritage Language

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
Silence, self-interruptions, or hesitations in spontaneous speech are often interpreted as markers of oral disfluency as they lead to difficulties in delivering a message and in processing it. The main purpose of this study is to examine how such markers
Marina Cuartero   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age of acquisition ratings for 3,000 monosyllabic words [PDF]

open access: yesBehavior Research Methods, 2008
Age of acquisition (AoA) ratings made on a 1-7 scale for 3,000 monosyllabic words were obtained from 32 participants across four blocks of 750 trials (two blocks of 750 trials were completed in each of 2 days). These results, as well as those of the regression analyses and reliability and validity measures that were originally reported in Cortese and ...
Michael J, Cortese, Maya M, Khanna
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