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Autistic Children With Speech Onset Delay Show Reversed Bias in Spectral Versus Temporal Auditory Processing

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A recent “hierarchical” reinterpretation of the neurological basis of autism suggests that in autism with early language delay, perceptual processing may be favored over the integration of transmodal information. This model is largely based on neuroimaging findings relating to visual processing, but predicts a corresponding reorganization in ...
Luodi Yu, Shuyu Xie, Li Wang, Laurent Mottron   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidences of Validity of Computerized Instrument of Oral Language – Bilo

Psicologia, 2009
The present study aimed to search for evidence of validity using the full information factorial analysis for a computerized instrument that evaluates oral language comprehension.
Maria Cristina Rodrigues Azevedo Joly, Anelise Silva Dias   +1 more
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Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the ENERGY-child questionnaire on energy balance-related behaviours and their potential determinants: the ENERGY-project

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2011
Background Insight in children's energy balance-related behaviours (EBRBs) and their determinants is important to inform obesity prevention research. Therefore, reliable and valid tools to measure these variables in large-scale population research are ...
Singh Amika S, Vik Froydis N, Chinapaw Mai JM, Uijtdewilligen Léonie, Verloigne Maïté, Fernández-Alvira Juan M, Stomfai Sarolta, Manios Yannis, Martens Marloes, Brug Johannes   +9 more
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Exploration and confirmation of the latent variable structure of the Jefferson scale of empathy. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To reaffirm the underlying components of the JSE by using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and to confirm its latent variable structure by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
Hojat, Mohammadreza, LaNoue, Marianna
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Beyond right or wrong: How partial credit scoring on multiple‐choice questions improves student performance and assessment perceptions

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims In this study, we examined the effects of assigning partial credit to selected answer choices on student performance and perceptions in a pharmacology course using Type A multiple‐choice questions (MCQs). Methods Partial credit scoring was incorporated into quizzes and exams in a 10‐week pharmacology course for postbaccalaureate premedical ...
Stephen D. Schneid, Chris Armour, Katharina Brandl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating the Scale of Expressive and Instrumental Behaviors of Couple's Relationship

Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī, 2019
Aim and Background: The aim of this study was constructing and validating the scale of expressive and instrumental behaviors of couple's relationship. Methods and Materials: The population includes all married people in telegram's groups, population of ...
Masomeh Mohseni Kabir, Hamid Poorsharifi, Alireza Kiamanesh, Maryam Mashayekh   +3 more
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Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Measure Prospective Pregnancy Preferences: The Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND:Existing approaches to measuring women's pregnancy intentions suffer important limitations, including retrospective assessment, overly simple categories, and a presumption that all women plan pregnancies. No psychometrically valid scales exist
Foster, Diana G, Gould, Heather, Ralph, Lauren J, Rocca, Corinne H, Wilson, Mark   +4 more
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Nonadherence and uncontrolled arterial hypertension in Croatia—Insights from the May Measurement Month 2023 campaign and Hunting the silent killer programme

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To determine the prevalence of non‐adherence to antihypertensive medicines and to identify demographic and behavioral factors associated with non‐adherence in subjects enrolled in the May Measurement Month (MMM) 2023, as part of the permanent public health action Hunting the silent killer.
Valerija Bralić Lang, Ana Soldo, Olgica Velkovski Škopić, Sunčana Vlah Tomičević, Tin Šaban, Andrej Belančić, Ana Jelaković, Josipa Josipović, Mihaela Marinović Glavić, Ivan Pećin, Luka Prgomet, Tajana Željković Vrkić, Bojan Jelaković   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduction of internal noise in auditory perceptual learning [PDF]

, 2013
This paper examines what mechanisms underlie auditory perceptual learning. Fifteen normal hearing adults performed two-alternative, forced choice, pure tone frequency discrimination for four sessions.
Amitay, S., Jones, P. R., Moore, D., Shub, D. E.   +3 more
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Does education policy affect teachers' learning needs? An international comparison of trends in teachers' continuing professional learning needs in secondary schools in Australia, England, Japan and the Netherlands

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Education policy changes are believed to influence teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs, but there is limited empirical evidence to support these claims. This lack of deep understanding has significant practical implications. This study used a new circular conceptual framework to analyse teachers' CPL needs. Leveraging public
Rikkert M. van der Lans, Remmert Daas, Joost Jansen in de Wal, Elaine Wilson, Noriyuki Inoue, Tracy L. Durksen, Frank Cornelissen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source