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The relation of spatial skills, spatial memory span, and two anxiety types with statistics anxiety in European and North American University students

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume 96, Issue 3, Page 1005-1032, September 2026.
Abstract Background & Aims The present two studies investigated the role of spatial cognition in statistics anxiety. The hypothesis that spatial representations and/or visuospatial skills are related to the acquisition of statistics abilities which, when lacking or unused, generate statistics anxiety is examined.
Rose‐Marie Gibeau   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recognition of Familiar Wordforms and Phonological Variation in Akan by Multilingual Infants Learning African Tone Languages in Ghana

open access: yesDevelopmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent developmental evidence shows that the proposal that consonants are more important than vowels for lexical processing is not universal but language‐specific. In non‐tone languages, a consonant bias emerges early in development in Romance languages (e.g., French) but later in Germanic languages (e.g., English), while evidence from Asian ...
Paul Okyere Omane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Newborns’ Brains Detect Foreign Rhythm in Native‐Language Speech

open access: yesDevelopmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Humans begin tuning in to the prosody of their native language even before birth. Previous studies with newborns have reported language‐specific processing of forward versus backward speech and of intonational contours, as well as sensitivity to iambic versus trochaic patterns in non‐linguistic tone stimuli.
Martina Dvořáková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Visual Attention to Literacy: Symbol Search Deficit Predicts Future Reading Difficulties From Age 3

open access: yesDevelopmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Poor reading has been associated with impaired simultaneous visual processing of multiple graphic symbols composed of separable features, a behavioral marker of reduced visual attention based on parietal dysfunction. We designed a visual search screening test, consisting of finding the (unique) black circle among circles combined with a bar of
Audrey Vialatte   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spanish‐Speaking Secondary Students Reading and Spelling in English as a Foreign Language

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Proficiency in English reading and spelling is essential, as many professional environments require both spoken and written skills. Literacy development in English as a foreign language poses challenges for learners whose first language is transparent, such as Spanish, due to the complexity and inconsistency of English orthography.
Paz Suárez‐Coalla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Formal approaches to multilingual phonology

open access: yesFrontiers in Language Sciences
John Archibald   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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