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Achim, Andre; Marquis, Alexandra – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
Studies of bilingualism sometimes require healthy subjects to be assessed for proficiency at auditory sentence processing in their second language (L2). The Syntactic Comprehension task of the Bilingual Aphasia Test could satisfy this need. For ease and uniformity of application, we automated its English (Paradis, M., Libben, G., and Hummel, K.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, French, Bilingualism, Language Tests
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Green, C. R.; Mihic, A. M.; Nikkel, S. M.; Stade, B. C.; Rasmussen, C.; Munoz, D. P.; Reynolds, J. N. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Chronic prenatal alcohol exposure causes a spectrum of deleterious effects in offspring, collectively termed fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), and deficits in executive function are prevalent in FASD. The goal of this research was to test the hypothesis that children with FASD exhibit performance deficits in tasks that assess…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Short Term Memory, Effect Size, Cognitive Processes
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Alloway, Tracy; Gathercole, Susan E.; Kirkwood, Hannah; Elliott, Julian – Educational Psychology, 2008
The aim of the present study was to investigate the construct stability and diagnostic validity of a standardised computerised tool for assessing working memory: the Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA). The purpose of the AWMA is to provide educators with a quick and effective tool to screen for and support those with memory impairments.…
Descriptors: Validity, Short Term Memory, Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods