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Dallas, Andrea; DeDe, Gayle; Nicol, Janet – Language Learning, 2013
The current study employed a neuro-imaging technique, Event-Related Potentials (ERP), to investigate real-time processing of sentences containing filler-gap dependencies by late-learning speakers of English as a second language (L2) with a Chinese native language background. An individual differences approach was also taken to examine the role of…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory
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Xiang, Huadong; Dediu, Dan; Roberts, Leah; van Oort, Erik; Norris, David G.; Hagoort, Peter – Language Learning, 2012
In this article, we report the results of a study on the relationship between individual differences in language learning aptitude and the structural connectivity of language pathways in the adult brain, the first of its kind. We measured four components of language aptitude ("vocabulary learning"; "sound recognition"; "sound-symbol…
Descriptors: Grammar, Intelligence Quotient, Aptitude Tests, Short Term Memory