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Durrleman, Stephanie; Delage, Hélène – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2016
This study investigates syntax in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), its parallelism with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and its relation to other aspects of cognition. We focus on (1) 3rd person accusative clitic (ACC3) production, a clinical marker of SLI hypothesized to relate to WM, and (2) 1st person accusative clitic (ACC1) production,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Impairments
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Hynes, Sinead M.; Fish, Jessica; Evans, Jonathan J.; Manly, Tom – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2015
Executive function is best measured in loosely structured, multi-component tasks that reflect real-life demands. These tasks require participants to develop a strategy, keep a plan in mind and monitor time. Errors include ignoring stated goals ("goal neglect"), over-allocation of time to one task and violating rules. Teasing apart such…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Computer Assisted Testing, Older Adults, Correlation
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Colombo, Lucia; Fonti, Cristina; Stracciari, Andrea – Neuropsychologia, 2009
A group of 20 patients with probable Alzheimer disease (AD) and a control group were tested in a verb generation task, in a verb synonym task and several cognitive tests. Three types of verbs and novel verbs were presented in simple sentence frames, in two different conditions. In one condition participants were presented with the verb in the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Semantics, Verbs, Alzheimers Disease