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Sentence Production in Parkinson Disease: Effects of Conceptual and Task Complexity
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Troche, Michelle S.; Altmann, Lori J. P. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
Experimental studies of sentence production in Parkinson disease (PD) are rare. This study examined the relationship between cognitive abilities and performance on two sentence production tasks, sentence repetition, and sentence generation, in which complexity was manipulated. Thirty-eight older adults aged 60 to 85, half with PD, completed the…
Descriptors: Sentences, Diseases, Cognitive Ability, Older Adults
Gesture Use in Story Recall by Chinese-English Bilinguals
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Nicoladis, Elena; Pika, Simone; Yin, Hui; Marentette, Paula – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
Previous studies have shown inconsistent results concerning bilinguals' use of gestures to compensate for reduced proficiency in their second language (L2). These results could be because of differing task demands. In this study, we asked 16 intermediate English L2 speakers (whose first language [L1] was Chinese) to watch a story and tell it back…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Gender Differences, Difficulty Level, Chinese
Factors that Influence Comprehension of Connectives among Language Minority Children from Spanish-Speaking Backgrounds
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Crosson, Amy C.; Lesaux, Nonie K.; Martiniello, Maria – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
This study explores factors influencing the degree to which language minority (LM) children from Spanish-dominant homes understand how connectives, such as "in contrast" and "because", signal relationships between text propositions. Standardized tasks of vocabulary, listening comprehension, word reading, and a researcher-designed text cohesion…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Semantics