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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

Polish Nonword Span (PNWSPAN): A new tool for measuring phonological loop capacity

Glottodidactica, 2018
The phonological loop, which is a component of working memory, is considered to be one of the most significant factors affecting L1 and L2 learning.
Katarzyna Zychowicz, Adriana Biedroń, Mirosław Pawlak   +2 more
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The Role of Vocal Practice in Constructing Phonological Working Memory

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2010
PurposeIn this study, the authors looked for effects of vocal practice on phonological working memory.MethodA longitudinal design was used, combining both naturalistic observations and a nonword repetition test. Fifteen 26-month-olds (12 of whom were followed from age 11 months) were administered a nonword test including real words, “standard” nonwords
Keren-Portnoy, Tamar, Vihman, Marilyn M., DePaolis, Rory A., Whitaker, Chris J., Williams, Nicola M.   +4 more
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[Working memory, phonological awareness and spelling hypothesis].

Pro-fono : revista de atualizacao cientifica, 2008
Working memory, phonological awareness and spelling hypothesis.To verify the relationship between working memory, phonological awareness and spelling hypothesis in pre-school children and first graders.Participants of this study were 90 students, belonging to state schools, who presented typical linguistic development. Forty students were preschoolers,
Gigiane, Gindri, Márcia, Keske-Soares, Helena Bolli, Mota   +2 more
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Cross-Linguistic Universals in Reading Acquisition with Applications to English-Language Learners with Reading Disabilities [PDF]

, 2009
There is a considerable gap in English reading achievement between English-language learners and native speakers in the United States. Differentiation of whether English language learners’ struggles are symptomatic of reading disability or related to ...
Gorman, Brenda K.
core   +1 more source

Effective When Distinctive: The Role of Phonetic Similarity in Nested Dependency Learning Across Preschool Years

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Parallel tracking of distant relations between speech elements, so‐called nonadjacent dependencies (NADs), is crucial in language development but computationally demanding and acquired only in late preschool years. As processing of single NADs is facilitated when dependent elements are perceptually similar, we investigated how phonetic ...
Dimitra‐Maria Kandia, Angela D. Friederici, Jutta L. Mueller, Claudia Männel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonword Repetition and Interactions Among Vocabulary, Phonotactic probability, and Phonological Awareness in Four Linguistic Groups [PDF]

, 2012
The current study was designed to compare the English nonword repetition accuracy in 7-year-old monolingual English, Korean–English bilingual, Chinese–English bilingual, and Spanish–English bilingual children.
Gorman, Brenda K., Lee, Sue Ann S.
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Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shuhei Kadota, Mayumi Kajiura, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Koji Kazai, Mariko Kawasaki, Yoko Nakano, Naoya Hase   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gesturing While Writing: An Alternate Perspective on Mimetic Prosody

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Paul Magee
wiley   +1 more source

Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
wiley   +1 more source