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Wu, Shi Hui; Henderson, Lisa-Marie; Gennari, Silvia P. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2022
Sentence production and comprehension both draw on linguistic knowledge, but current research is unclear on whether these fundamental language tasks involve similar or distinct competitive processes. Previous studies suggest that production and comprehension may involve similar conflict resolution processes, but that production may additionally…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Vocabulary
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Pomper, Ron; Kaushanskaya, Margarita; Saffran, Jenny – Language Learning and Development, 2022
Language comprehension involves cognitive abilities that are specific to language as well as cognitive abilities that are more general and involved in a wide range of behaviors. One set of domain-general abilities that support language comprehension are executive functions (EFs), also known as cognitive control. A diverse body of research has…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Language Processing, Preschool Children, Pictorial Stimuli