NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tsang, Tsz Wing; Lu, Hui Jing – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2022
Moving the hands or chewing in the encoding stage enhances memory, because body movement activates the frontal cortex, which is crucial to the memory process. However, how hand movement facilitates word memory in an applied setting and whether it produces long-term effects remain unclear. Grade 1 students studied 15 new words through different…
Descriptors: Memory, Motion, Human Body, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Freire, Melissa R.; Pammer, Kristen – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2022
Standard Australian reading assessment tests are criticized for being culturally inappropriate for use with Australian Indigenous children, particularly for those living in remote and very remote regions, as these tests are culturally biased towards mainstream Australian culture and imperceptive to Indigenous knowledge, language, concepts, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Reading Skills, Spatial Ability
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Roessner, Veit; Wittfoth, Matthias; August, Julia M.; Rothenberger, Aribert; Baudewig, Jurgen; Dechent, Peter – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Disturbances of motor circuitry are commonly encountered in Tourette syndrome (TS). The aim of this study was to investigate simple motor performance differences between boys with TS and healthy controls. Methods: We attempted to provide insight into motor network alterations by studying a group of treatment-naive patients suffering…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Foreign Countries, Males, Early Adolescents