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Sato, Edynn; Jacobs, Bob – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1992
Addresses, from a neurobiological perspective, the input-intake distinction commonly made in applied linguistics and the role of selective attention in transforming input to intake. The study places primary emphasis upon a neural structure (the nucleus reticularis thalami) that appears to be essential for selective attention. (79 references)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Attention, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes