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Normal interhemispheric inhibition in persistent developmental stuttering

Movement Disorders, 2009
AbstractImaging studies suggest a right hemispheric (pre)motor overactivity in patients with persistent developmental stuttering (PDS). The interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation is an established measure of the interplay between right and left motor areas.
Sommer, Martin, Knappmeyer, Kathrin, Hunter, Evke Jane, Gudenberg, Alexander Wolffvon, Neef, Nicole, Paulus, Walter J.   +5 more
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Variable‐Rate Texture Compression: Real‐Time Rendering with JPEG

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Although variable‐rate compressed image formats such as JPEG are widely used to efficiently encode images, they have not found their way into real‐time rendering due to special requirements such as random access to individual texels. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of variable‐rate texture compression on modern GPUs using the ...
Elias Kristmann, Michael Wimmer, Markus Schütz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Parental Divorce on Children Through the Mothers' Lens: A Phenomenological Study

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Divorce is a significant life event that can deeply affect children's emotional and social well‐being. According to attachment theory, disruptions in the parent–child bond during or after divorce may cause emotional insecurity and difficulties in adjustment.
Zeynep Kisecik Sengul, Hava Salık, Aylin Gunes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fatores de risco na gagueira desenvolvimental familial e isolada Risk factors in the familial and sporadic developmental stuttering

Revista CEFAC, 2011
OBJETIVO: investigar e comparar os achados dos fatores de risco para a cronicidade da gagueira em crianças com gagueira desenvolvimental familial e isolada. MÉTODOS: participaram 60 crianças de ambos os gêneros, divididas em dois grupos: GI - 30 crianças
Cristiane Moço Canhetti de Oliveira, Heloisa Aparecida de Souza, Ana Claudia dos Santos, Denise Cunha, Célia Maria Giacheti   +4 more
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Verbal and non-verbal praxic abilities in stutterers [PDF]

, 2009
PURPOSE: to characterize the verbal and non-verbal praxic abilities in adult stutterers. METHODS: for this research, 40 over 18-year old men and women were selected: 20 stuttering adults and 20 without communication complaints. For the praxis evaluation,
Brabo, Natália Casagrande, Schiefer, Ana Maria   +1 more
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Knowns and unknowns about the neurobiology of stuttering.

PLoS Biology
Stuttering occurs in early childhood during a dynamic phase of brain and behavioral development. The latest studies examining children at ages close to this critical developmental period have identified early brain alterations that are most likely linked
Nicole E Neef, Soo-Eun Chang
doaj   +1 more source

Day-to-day Variability of Stuttering [PDF]

, 2012
Variability has long been known to be a primary feature of the disorder of stuttering (Bloodstein & Bernstein Ratner, 2008; Costello & Ingham, 1984; Yaruss, 1997a, 1997b). Many factors that affect variability have been investigated (Brown, 1937; Johnson &
Constantino, Christopher D., Leslie, Paula, Quesal, Robert W., Yaruss, J. Scott   +3 more
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Developmental stuttering with common and complex phenotypes

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Aim To describe the phenotypic spectrum associated with stuttering. Method Individuals with current or resolved developmental stuttering self‐referred. Surveys assessed stuttering characteristics (onset, negative impact, family history) and health (early development, other conditions). Speech and non‐verbal intelligence were assessed using conversation
Sarah E. Horton, Daisy A. Shepherd, Stephanie Siemers, Miya St John, Juliette Catherall, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Angela T. Morgan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enchanting the Otherwise: Magical Realism and the Gendered Ontologies of Organizational Becoming

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper enacts a feminist‐posthumanist reimagining of gender as ontological disturbance, using magical realism not as metaphor but as epistemological method. Rejecting representational logics and the managerial rationalities of organizational realism, we advance gender not as identity or role but as spectral interference—a transversal ...
Max Ganzin, Diana Ivanycheva
wiley   +1 more source

A case of clozapine-induced stuttering in a HIV-positive individual

South African Journal of Psychiatry
Introduction: Stuttering, a speech disorder marked by disruptions in fluency, can be developmental or acquired. Acquired stuttering often stems from neurological causes, psychological trauma or certain medications, with antipsychotics such as clozapine ...
Paidamoyo F. Kambuzuma, Belinda Marais
doaj   +1 more source