Exploring Factors Affecting Verbal Fluency in Healthy Aging. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciWe investigated semantic and phonemic fluency in 144 adults aged 20–87, focusing on accuracy, errors, self‐talk, and hesitations. We also investigated the influence of eight cognitive reserve factors (e.g., education) on performance. Hesitations were consistent across age, but self‐talk increased with age.
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The relationship between Cognitive Reserve and Math Abilities [PDF]
, 2017 Cognitive Reserve is the capital of knowledge and experiences that an individual acquires over their life-span. Cognitive Reserve is strictly related to Brain Reserve, which is the ability of the brain to cope with damage.
Arcara, Giorgio +5 more
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Emotional Diglossia in Multilingual Classroom Environments: A Proposal [PDF]
, 2017 Published: July 19th, 2017Are we aware of the multiple cognitive consequences of being immersed in multilingual learning contexts? In this opinion article, some recent findings from the field of cognitive neuroscience and education has been discussed ...
Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni
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Seeking systematicity in variation : theoretical and methodological considerations on the “variety” concept [PDF]
, 2018 One centennial discussion in linguistics concerns whether languages, or linguistic systems, are, essentially, homogeneous or rather show “structured heterogeneity.” In this contribution, the question is addressed whether and how sociolinguistically ...
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The lifespan development of cognate guessing skills in an unknown related language [PDF]
, 2015 This study investigates the lifespan development of the ability to correctly guess the meaning of foreign-language words with known translation-equivalent cognates.
Berthele, Raphael, Vanhove, Jan
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The Music-In-Noise Task (MINT): A Tool for Dissecting Complex Auditory Perception
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 The ability to segregate target sounds in noisy backgrounds is relevant both to neuroscience and to clinical applications. Recent research suggests that hearing-in-noise (HIN) problems are solved using combinations of sub-skills that are applied ...
Emily B. J. Coffey +12 more
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Are simultaneous interpreters expert bilinguals, unique bilinguals, or both? [PDF]
, 2015 Simultaneous interpretation is a cognitively demanding process that requires a high level of language management. Previous studies on bilinguals have suggested that extensive practice managing two languages leads to enhancements in cognitive control ...
Babcock, LAURA ELIZABETH +1 more
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What absent switch costs and mixing costs during bilingual language comprehension can tell us about language control. [PDF]
, 2019 Epub 2019 Mar 28.In the current study, we set out to investigate language control, which is the process that minimizes cross-language interference, during bilingual language comprehension. According to current theories of bilingual language comprehension,
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Processing advantage for emotional words in bilingual speakers [PDF]
, 2015 Effects of emotion on word processing are well established in monolingual speakers. However, studies that have assessed whether affective features of words undergo the same processing in a native and non-native language have provided mixed results ...
Costa, Albert +5 more
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Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language [PDF]
, 2017 This article seeks to develop Translanguaging as a theory of language and discuss the theoretical motivations behind and the added values of the concept.
Li, Wei
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