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Tsai, Pei-Tzu – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The etiology of persistent stuttering is unknown, but stuttering has been attributed to multiple potential factors, including difficulty in processing language-related information, but findings remain inconclusive regarding any "specific" linguistic deficit potentially causing stuttering. One particular challenge in drawing conclusions is the…
Descriptors: Phonology, Semantics, Interference (Language), Stuttering
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Maguire, Mandy J.; Brier, Matthew R.; Moore, Patricia S.; Ferree, Thomas C.; Ray, Dylan; Mostofsky, Stewart; Hart, John, Jr.; Kraut, Michael A. – Brain and Cognition, 2009
In daily activities, humans must attend and respond to a range of important items and inhibit and not respond to unimportant distractions. Our current understanding of these processes is largely based on perceptually simple stimuli. This study investigates the interaction of conceptual-semantic categorization and inhibitory processing using Event…
Descriptors: Semantics, Difficulty Level, Classification, Semiotics