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Xing, Xiaopei; Wei, Yutong; Wang, Meifang – Developmental Psychology, 2022
By using a three-time longitudinal design, the present study focuses on three components of executive function (EF), respectively, to examine whether the relation between EF and receptive vocabulary was reciprocal and whether the direction of the above relation would differ by EF components and child gender. A total of 320 Chinese preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Executive Function, Receptive Language, Vocabulary
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Howard, Jill; Herold, Brianna; Major, Samantha; Leahy, Caroline; Ramseur, Kevin, II; Franz, Lauren; Deaver, Megan; Vermeer, Saritha; Carpenter, Kimberly L. H.; Murias, Michael; Huang, Wei Angel; Dawson, Geraldine – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Although it has been found that autistic children exhibit delays in executive function abilities and atypical patterns of attention, less is known about the relationship between executive function and attention abilities and social and language skills in early childhood. In this study, 180 autistic children, age 2-8 years, participated in a study…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
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Pham, Theresa; Bardell, Taylor E.; Vollebregt, Meghan; Kuiack, Alyssa K.; Archibald, Lisa M. D. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Working memory and linguistic knowledge are highly intertwined in language tasks. Verbal working memory in particular has been studied as a potential constraint on language performance. This, in turn, highlights the need for a clinical assessment tool that will assist clinicians in understanding individual children's performance in…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Language Tests, Preschool Children, Verbal Ability
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Chow, Jason C.; Ekholm, Eric; Bae, Christine L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2021
It is common in intervention research to use measures of working memory either as an explanatory or a control variable. This study examines the contribution of cognitive abilities, including verbal working memory (WM) and attention, to language performance in first- and second-grade children. We assessed children (N = 414) on two forms of verbal…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Child Language, Cognitive Ability
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Plym, Jade; Lahti-Nuuttila, Pekka; Smolander, Sini; Arkkila, Eva; Laasonen, Marja – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is defined by persistent difficulties with language, but a growing body of evidence suggests that it is also associated with domain-general and nonverbal information-processing deficits. However, the interconnections between cognitive functions, both nonverbal and language related, are still unclear.…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Cognitive Ability, Preschool Children
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Kapa, Leah L.; Erikson, Jessie A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between executive functioning and word learning among preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: Forty-one preschool-age children with DLD were matched to typically developing children on age and sex. Participants were exposed to 10 novel…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Word Recognition, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities
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Engel de Abreu, Pascale M. J.; Cruz-Santos, Anabela; Puglisi, Marina L. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: Recent evidence suggests that specific language impairment (SLI) might be secondary to general cognitive processing limitations in the domain of executive functioning. Previous research has focused almost exclusively on monolingual children with SLI and offers little evidence-based guidance on executive functioning in bilingual…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Cognitive Processes, Executive Function, Bilingualism
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Selassie, G. Rejno-Habte; Viggedal, G.; Olsson, I.; Jennische, M. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
We studied expressive and receptive language, oral motor ability, attention, memory, and intelligence in 20 6-year-old children with epilepsy (14 females, six males; mean age 6y 5mo, range 6y-6y 11mo) without learning disability, cerebral palsy (CP), and/or autism, and in 30 reference children without epilepsy (18 females, 12 males; mean age 6y…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Seizures