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Buchsbaum, Bradley; Pickell, Bert; Love, Tracy; Hatrak, Marla; Bellugi, Ursula; Hickok, Gregory – Brain and Language, 2005
The nature of the representations maintained in verbal working memory is a topic of debate. Some authors argue for a modality-dependent code, tied to particular sensory or motor systems. Others argue for a modality-neutral code. Sign language affords a unique perspective because it factors out the effects of modality. In an fMRI experiment, deaf…
Descriptors: Memory, Sign Language, Deafness, Neurolinguistics
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Corina, David P.; Bellugi, Ursula; Reilly, Judy – Language and Speech, 1999
Presents two studies that explore facial expression production in deaf signers. An experimental paradigm uses chimeric stimuli of American Sign Language linguistic and facial expressions to explore patterns of productive asymmetries in brain-intact signers. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, American Sign Language, Aphasia, Deafness