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Cahiers De Psychologie Cognitive-current Psychology of Cognition
About: Cahiers De Psychologie Cognitive-current Psychology of Cognition is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Cognition & Cognitive development. Over the lifetime, 98 publications have been published receiving 4218 citations.
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TL;DR: It is argued that segmental analysis ability does not develop without specific stimulation and that it usually appears when learning to read and write in the alphabetic system, and that rhyme appreciation and manipulation do not require segmentalAnalysis.
Abstract: The question of the relationships between segmental analysis abilities and alphabetic literacy acquisition remains confused in the literature. In this paper, it is argued ( 1 ) that segmental analysis ability does not develop without specific stimulation and that it usually appears when learning to read and write in the alphabetic system. After distinguishing between segmental awareSegmental analysis and literacy 435 ness and segmental analysis abilities. it is also argued that (2) segmental analysis ability can develop outside learning to read in the alphabetic system, (3) contributes to success in reading and writing, and (4) is a good predictor of reading ability even when learning to read in a whole-word setting. Receiv ing reading instruction is not sufficient to develop segmental analysis ability. but alphabetic literacy is (almost) a sufficient indication of segmental skill. Then. we distinguish between several forms 0/ phonological awareness: aware ness of phonological strings, of phones, and 0/ phonemes. It is claimed, in particular, that rhyme appreciation and manipulation do not require segmental analysis. The kind of capacities that might underlie the development of seg mental analysis are examined. Finally. some educational implications are
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TL;DR: A series of experiments examined the role of visuo-spatial working memory in the solution of mental addition problems by requiring subjects to mentally summate two 3-digit addends presented either visually or auditorily.
Abstract: A series of experiments examined the role of visuo-spatial working memory in the solution of mental addition problems. For this purpose a standard task was devised in which subjects were required to mentally summate two 3-digit addends presented either visually or auditorily
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