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Scharenborg, Odette; Coumans, Juul M. J.; van Hout, Roeland – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
This article investigates 2 questions: (1) does the presence of background noise lead to a differential increase in the number of simultaneously activated candidate words in native and nonnative listening? And (2) do individual differences in listeners' cognitive and linguistic abilities explain the differential effect of background noise on…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Listening Skills
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Bast, Janwillem; Reitsma, Pieter – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Tested the hypothesis that individual differences in reading ability increase over time, by assessing children, at seven occasions between kindergarten and third grade, on various measures of reading ability, reading behavior, and attitudes toward reading. Found that individual differences among children in word recognition, but not reading…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Kindergarten Children