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Measuring Interactional Competence in a Japanese University EFL Speaking Context

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ability to interact is an integral aspect of speaking proficiency. Therefore, methods of assessing interaction need to be incorporated into second language (L2) speaking tests. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to quantify interactional competence (IC) in a Japanese university EFL (English as a foreign language ...
Paul Garside
wiley   +1 more source

Lexicogrammatical Features Predicting Grade‐Based Outcomes in a Post‐Secondary Content Course: An NLP Approach

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This exploratory study investigated lexicogrammatical features associated with grade‐based differences in a corpus of 304 business papers taken from an upper‐level undergraduate course at a large North American university. Using five natural language processing tools, 719 candidate linguistic variables were analyzed for their relationship with
Randy Appel, John Maurice Gayed, Ruth McKay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mini social cognition and emotional assessment: Diagnostic performance and neural correlates in behavioural‐variant frontotemporal dementia

Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We aimed at validating the Mini Social Cognition and Emotional Assessment (Mini‐SEA) in a German cohort of mildly impaired behavioural‐variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) patients and healthy controls. The Mini‐SEA comprises the Facial Emotion Recognition Test (FERT) and the Faux Pas Test (FPT) measuring Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in ...
Cem Doğdu, Neeraj Upadhyay, Ingo Frommann, Luca Kleineidam, Andreas Johnen, Melina Stark, Sandra Roeske, Annika Spottke, Anna Gamez, Gabor C. Petzold, Louise Droste zu Senden, Julian Hellmann‐Regen, Stefan Hetzer, Klaus Fliessbach, Carolin Miklitz, Emrah Düzel, Falk Lüsebrink, Wenzel Glanz, Stefan Teipel, Ingo Kilimann, Josef Priller, Eike Jakob Spruth, Johannes Prudlo, David Mengel, Klaus Scheffler, Matthis Synofzik, Anja Schneider, Michael Wagner   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Theory of Mind abilities in patients with probable idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated Theory of Mind (ToM) deficits in patients with suspected idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), a condition affecting motor, cognitive and autonomic functions. Given the overlap between ToM‐related neural networks and those affected in iNPH, we examined whether ToM impairments are a feature of the disease ...
Akrivi Vatsi, George Stranjalis, Stylianos Gkatzonis, Christos Koutsarnakis, Eleftherios Neromyliotis, Aristotelis Kalyvas, Ion N. Beratis, Evangelos Drosos, Spyridon Komaitis, Evangelia Liouta   +9 more
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Animal fluency in people with Parkinson's disease: Item‐based performance before and after deep brain stimulation surgery

Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract People with Parkinson disease (PD) after surgery for deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN‐DBS) often decline in animal fluency due to impairments in executive functions and/or language. Item‐based measures of animal fluency may shed light on the specific nature of this decline, and into the strategies used when ...
Adrià Rofes, Nikki Janssen, Janine Rook, Eva de Ronde, R. Saman Vinke, Rianne A. J. Esselink, Annelien A. Duits   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Centroid analysis: Inferring concept representations from open-ended word responses. [PDF]

Behav Res Methods
Petrenco A, Günther F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Global kidney health: Are we failing the silent pandemic?

Journal of Internal Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Chronic kidney disease (CKD), although not infectious, has a sharply rising global incidence, alarming rates of death and disability, and the potential to disrupt health systems and economies. Thus, it demands the urgency and global attention of past pandemics.
Taewon Yi, Daniel V. O'Hara, Adeera Levin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A standardized personality lexicon for enhancing personalized human-machine interaction. [PDF]

Sci Data
Jin T, Cai H, Shi X, Kou X, Hu X, Zhong H, Yang Y, Jiang J, Li Y, Zhang W.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Affect to Values: A Lexical Approach

Journal of Personality, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Personal values act as guiding principles in life and are thought to be connected to affective experiences; however, past research has primarily examined the direction from values to affect rather than the reverse. This study identified theoretical frameworks suggesting a causal pathway from affect to values and tested this ...
Xi Chen, Shengquan Ye
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: The Mental Lexicon, Blueprint of the Dictionaries of Tomorrow: Cognitive Aspects of the Lexicon

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2022
Michael Zock, Simon De Deyne, Massimo Stella, Vito Pirrelli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source