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Speech and language difficulties in children with and without a family history of dyslexia [PDF]

, 2010
Comorbidity between SLI and dyslexia is well documented. Researchers have variously argued that dyslexia is a separate disorder from SLI, or that children with dyslexia show a subset of the difficulties shown in SLI.
Bird J., Joanne M. Myers, Julia M. Carroll, Leitao S., Stothard S. E.   +4 more
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Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz, Josefine Eck, Joel S. Winston, Kate Baker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do children with language impairment tell depressing and anxious stories? An emotion-based narrative language sample analysis of over 1000 children

Language and Health
Children with language impairment (LI) experience increased mental health challenges, which may be reflected in the words they use to tell stories.
Scott R. Schroeder, Max R. Freeman, Glennys A. Cuatlacuatl, Journee Cunningham, Natalie M. Jordan, Alexandra K. Occhiuto   +5 more
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Children's acquisition of science terms: does fast mapping work? [PDF]

, 2001
About the book: This proceedings contains 99 selected papers from the 8th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL) held in Donostia-San Sebastián in the Spanish Basque Country in July 1999.
Best, Rachel M., Braisby, Nick, Dockrell, Julie E.   +2 more
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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Reid D. Landes, Aliyah Glover, Shannon Doerhoff, Jennifer Kleiner, Mitesh Lotia, Rohit Dhall, Edgar Garcia‐Rill   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spoken sentence comprehension in Mandarin-English bilinguals: a case against the universal processing advantage of subject-relatives

Frontiers in Language Sciences
IntroductionThis study investigates sentence comprehension in Mandarin-English bilinguals, focusing on whether the widely reported, yet contested, subject-relative processing advantage extends to bilingual speakers. We evaluate which theoretical accounts,
Preeti Rishi, Preeti Rishi, Yusheng Wang, Yusheng Wang, Tracy Love, Tracy Love, Henrike K. Blumenfeld, Henrike K. Blumenfeld   +7 more
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Figurative Language, Language Disorders, and Language(s) Evolution [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Preparation of this work was supported by funds from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grants FFI2014-61888-EXP and FFI2016-78034-C2-2-P) and FEDER.
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The neurological underpinnings of cluttering: Some initial findings [PDF]

, 2015
Background Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterised by overly rapid or jerky speech patterns that compromise intelligibility. The neural correlates of cluttering are unknown but theoretical accounts implicate the basal ganglia and medial ...
Bretherton-Furness, Jess, Connally, Emily L., Pliatsikas, Christos, Ward, David, Watkins, Kate E.   +4 more
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Life‐Threatening Bradycardia in Anti‐NMDA‐Receptor Encephalitis and a Novel Use for Permanent Pacing

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric anti‐NMDA receptor encephalitis (pNMDARE) is an autoantibody‐mediated disorder that can cause severe autonomic dysfunction, including symptomatic bradycardia and asystole. Dysautonomia can last for years, making it very challenging to manage.
Sarah Tucker, Abhijit Das, Andres Jimenez, Areeba Basit, Yike Jiang, Emily A. Smitherman, Heather Van Mater, Taylor Howard, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Kristen S. Fisher   +9 more
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Characteristics of specific reading disability in children from a neuropsychological clinic in Mexico City

Salud Pública de México, 2002
Objective. This report describes the main clinical features associated with specific reading disability (RD) in a group of 778 school-age children studied in a Neuropsychological Clinic in Mexico City. Material and Methods.
Poblano Adrián, Borja Sonia, Elías Yolanda, García-Pedroza Felipe, Arias Ma de Lourdes   +4 more
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