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The Relationship between Language and Planning in Children with Language Impairment
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Larson, Caroline; Gangopadhyay, Ishanti; Kaushanskaya, Margarita; Weismer, Susan Ellis – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: This study examined the relationship between language and planning, a higher order executive function skill, in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and typically developing (TD) children. We hypothesized differences between groups in planning performance and in the role of verbal mediation during planning. Method: Thirty-one…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Executive Function, Children, Preadolescents
Executive Function in Preschoolers with Primary Language Impairment
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Yang, Hui-Chun; Gray, Shelley – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether preschoolers with primary language impairment (PLI) show deficits in executive function (EF) compared with their peers with typical development (TD) when inhibition, updating, and mental-set shifting are examined using both linguistically based and visually based tasks. Method: Twenty-two…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Language Impairments, Comparative Analysis
Non-Linguistic Cognitive Measures as Predictors of Functionally Defined Developmental Language Disorder in Monolingual and Bilingual Children
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Park, Jisook; Miller, Carol A.; Sanjeevan, Teenu; Van Hell, Janet G.; Weiss, Daniel J.; Mainela-Arnold, Elina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background & Aims: Given that standardized language measures alone are inadequate for identifying functionally defined developmental language disorder (fDLD), this study investigated whether non-linguistic cognitive abilities (procedural learning, motor functions, executive attention, processing speed) can increase the prediction accuracy of…
Descriptors: Identification, Language Impairments, Cognitive Ability, Psychomotor Skills
Nonverbal Executive Function Is Mediated by Language: A Study of Deaf and Hearing Children
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Botting, Nicola; Jones, Anna; Marshall, Chloe; Denmark, Tanya; Atkinson, Joanna; Morgan, Gary – Child Development, 2017
Studies have suggested that language and executive function (EF) are strongly associated. Indeed, the two are difficult to separate, and it is particularly difficult to determine whether one skill is more dependent on the other. Deafness provides a unique opportunity to disentangle these skills because in this case, language difficulties have a…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Language Impairments, Language Tests, Task Analysis
Inhibition: Mental Control Process or Mental Resource?
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Im-Bolter, Nancie; Johnson, Janice; Ling, Daphne; Pascual-Leone, Juan – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2015
The current study tested 2 models of inhibition in 45 children with language impairment and 45 children with normally developing language; children were aged 7 to 12 years. Of interest was whether a model of inhibition as a mental-control process (i.e., executive function) or as a mental resource would more accurately reflect the relations among…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Children, Language Impairments, Comparative Analysis
Specific Language Impairment in Language-Minority Children from Low-Income Families
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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