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An fMRI Validation Study of the Word-Monitoring Task as a Measure of Implicit Knowledge: Exploring the Role of Explicit and Implicit Aptitudes in Behavioral and Neural Processing
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Suzuki, Yuichi; Jeong, Hyeonjeong; Cui, Haining; Okamoto, Kiyo; Kawashima, Ryuta; Sugiura, Motoaki – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
In this study, neural representation of adult second language (L2) speakers' implicit grammatical knowledge was investigated. Advanced L2 speakers of Japanese living in Japan, as well as L1 Japanese speakers, performed a word-monitoring task (proposed as an implicit knowledge test) in the MRI scanner. Behavioral measures were obtained from…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Prediction
Carrot or Parrot? An Eye-Tracking Study on Spoken Word Recognition in a Language Attrition Context
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Concepción Soto; Monika S. Schmid – Language Learning Journal, 2024
Despite the extensive research on bilingual development, our understanding of how lexical competition unfolds in the bilingual mind remains limited. Previous studies have predominantly focused on crosslinguistic competition, neglecting the examination of the competition process within each language and the influence of diverse bilingual…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Speech Communication, Bilingualism, Native Language
On the Relation between Procedural Learning and Syntactic Proficiency in Gifted Children
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Spit, Sybren; Rispens, Judith – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
Gifted children are described as very talented children who achieve more than their age mates in one or more domains (Steiner and Carr in Educ Psychol Rev 15(3):215-246, 2003). These children potentially share a cognitive advantage enabling them to excel in language, but also in other domains. In the present study we explored whether gifted…
Descriptors: Syntax, Gifted, Talent, Memory
Aptitude for Interpreting: The Predictive Value of Cognitive Fluency
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Song, Shuxian; Li, Dechao – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
Cognitive factors have been recognised as important in the interpreting process, but whether they could serve as valid components of interpreting aptitude still awaits further investigation. This study explores the predictive value of cognitive fluency in the simultaneous interpreting (SI) performance of trainee interpreters. Cognitive fluency…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Fluency, Psycholinguistics, Language Aptitude
Fast Mapping in Late-Talking Toddlers
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Weismer, Susan Ellis; Venker, Courtney E.; Evans, Julia L.; Moyle, Maura Jones – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study investigated fast mapping in late-talking (LT) toddlers and toddlers with normal language (NL) development matched on age, nonverbal cognition, and maternal education. The fast-mapping task included novel object labels and familiar words. The LT group scored significantly lower than the NL group on novel word comprehension and…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Language Acquisition, Probability, Concept Mapping
Affecting Factors in Second Language Learning
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Andreou, G.; Vlachos, F.; Andreou, E. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2005
The present study investigated the influence of sex, handedness, level in second language (L2) and Faculty choice on the performance of phonological, syntactical and semantic tasks in L2. Level in L2 and sex were the most affecting factors. Subjects who achieved higher scores on L2 tasks had strong second language aptitude skills since they were…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Handedness, Semantics, Syntax