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A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Examining Factors Influencing Outcomes with Cochlear Implant in Mandarin-Speaking Children. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
To examine the direct and indirect effects of demographical factors on speech perception and vocabulary outcomes of Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs).115 participants implanted before the age of 5 and who had used CI before 1 to 3 ...
Yuan Chen, Lena L N Wong, Shufeng Zhu, Xin Xi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the perception of the direction of sound [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, 1908
Abstract The following paper contains an account of a series of experiments on the perception of direction of sound which were undertaken with the object of investigating the nature of the influence of phase differences between the vibrations at the two ears. Lord Rayleigh has shown that such differences help to determine the apparent
Charles Samuel Myers, Harold Albert Wilson   +1 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct Electrophysiological Mapping of Shape-Induced Affective Perception

Neural Plasticity, 2018
Visual information may convey different affective valences and induce our brain into different affective perceptions. Many studies have found that unpleasant stimuli could produce stronger emotional effects than pleasant stimuli could. Although there has
Yingli Li, Qingguo Ding, Yuancun Zhao, Yanan Bu, Xiaoyan Tang, Peiguo Wang, Genhua Zhang, Mengling Chen, Pei Liang   +8 more
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In Defense of the Direct Perception of Affordances

CoRR, 2015
The field of functional recognition or affordance estimation from images has seen a revival in recent years. As originally proposed by Gibson, the affordances of a scene were directly perceived from the ambient light: in other words, functional properties like sittable were estimated directly from incoming pixels.
David F. Fouhey, Xiaolong Wang 0004, Abhinav Gupta 0001   +2 more
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Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct Teacher Corrective Feedback in EFL Writing Class at Higher Education: What Students Perceive

Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning, 2020
The study is aimed at describing the students’ perception of direct teacher corrective feedback in a foreign language writing class. It is descriptive quantitative research, employing questionnaires and observation as research instruments, which was ...
Sabarun Sabarun
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Parents of Youth With Cancer Report on Their Psychosocial Care: iSTEPPP Survey Finds Alignment and Gaps With Standards

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families guide the provision of comprehensive psychosocial care. Parallel to research characterizing implementation of the Standards from the perspective of providers, this study examines implementation of the Standards from the perspective of parents of youth ...
Emily M. Pariseau, Kimberly Buff, Michele A. Scialla, Kimberly S. Canter, Lori Wiener, Victoria Sardi‐Brown, Julia B. Tager, Kamyar Arasteh, Anne E. Kazak   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neural Mechanisms of Organism-Dependent Affordances: The XPLR-XPLT Movement Spectrum

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
Affordances face definitional chaos. Ecological psychologists disagree about their ontological status (dispositional properties vs. organism-environment relations) and about their processing mechanisms (direct perception vs.
Borowiecki Olgierd
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Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess, Gustaf Glavå, Simon Skau, Hans‐Georg Kuhn, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source