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Assessment of Text Comprehension
Assessment methods offer a broad spectrum of operational definitions of comprehension. Their approaches attempt to answer the question of whether the...
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The Use of Neuronal Response Signals as Early Biomarkers of Dyslexia
ObjectivesBrain imaging techniques have broadened our understanding of structural and functional properties of neuronal networks in children with...
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Vocalizations
Vocalics or paralanguage is the subdiscipline of body language focusing on the vocal elements (e.g., pitch, volume, tone). Listeners usually judge...
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On the emergence of the in–out effect across trials: two items do the trick
Individuals prefer letter strings whose consonantal articulation spots move from the front of the mouth to the back (e.g., BAKA, inward) over those...
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Working memory and handwriting and share a common resource: An investigation of shared attention
Working memory and writing share a common resource. The authors investigated whether increasing the complexity of a finger-tap** task while...
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Nonverbal Auditory Cues Allow Relationship Quality to be Inferred During Conversations
The claim that nonverbal cues provide more information than the linguistic content of a conversational exchange (the Mehrabian Conjecture) has been...
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A comparison of automatic and manual measures of turn-taking in monolingual and bilingual contexts
The Language ENvironment Analysis system (LENA) records children’s language environment and provides an automatic estimate of adult–child...
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The Chinese lexicon of deaf readers: A database of character decisions and a comparison between deaf and hearing readers
We present a psycholinguistic study investigating lexical effects on simplified Chinese character recognition by deaf readers. Prior research...
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Observations on the Progression of Gestures with L2 Proficiency: A Call for Further Research
Gestures in learners of second languages (L2) are still an understudied field. Most studies comparing the same individuals gesturing in their L2 and...
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People with Hearing Loss: Effects of Reading Instruction on Vocal Verbal Repertoire
This chapter systematizes the main learning needs identified in children with hearing loss (HL) and cochlear implant (CI) and the common...
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Motor restrictions impair divergent thinking during walking and during sitting
Creativity, specifically divergent thinking, has been shown to benefit from unrestrained walking. Despite these findings, it is not clear if it is...
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Blending Libras and Portuguese: Acceptability Variables
This chapter is dedicated to a phenomenon known as code-blending, where bimodal bilinguals, fluent in a spoken language and in a signed language, use...
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Teaching Verbal Behavior
The teaching of verbal behavior has a long history in applied behavior analysis dating back to the work of B.F. Skinner. Teaching vocalizations and...
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Autism and Digital Learning Environment
The development of inclusive education shifts the focus of education for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to teaching standards-based...
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Investigating the Declarative-Procedural Gap for the Indirect Speech Construction in L2 Learners
It is common to have good declarative but poor procedural knowledge of a foreign language, especially for classroom learners. To study this gap in a...
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The effects of repetition frequency on the illusory truth effect
Repeated information is often perceived as more truthful than new information. This finding is known as the illusory truth effect, and it is...
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A pilot screening for cognitive impairment through voice technology (WAY2AGE)
Voice technology has grown exponentially, offering an opportunity to different fields, such as the health area. Considering that language can be a...
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A cross-orthographic view of dyslexia identification
There is evidence that dyslexia occurs in many languages around the world. As many have attempted to develop theories that encompass the...
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The Role of the SLP in the Evaluation and Treatment of Individuals with ASD and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
A delaySpeech delayLanguage delay in communication skills is often the first sign for autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders...
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Comparing the Efficacy of Virtual Implementation for Two Sight Word Flashcard Interventions
Flashcard interventions are commonly used to increase sight-word acquisition and reading ability among students. However, most research on flashcard...
