The relation between working memory and language comprehension in signers and speakers.
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The findings argue against strong assumptions of independent domain-specific subsystems for the storage and processing of linguistic and spatial information and furthermore suggest a less important role for serial encoding in signed than spoken language comprehension.About:
This article is published in Acta Psychologica.The article was published on 2017-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Spoken language & Sign language.read more
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Sign Language Phonology
TL;DR: Sign language phonology is the abstract grammatical component where primitive structural units are combined to create an infinite number of meaningful utterances, and this comparison allows us to better understand how the modality of a language influences its phonological system.
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The Organization of Working Memory Networks is Shaped by Early Sensory Experience
Velia Cardin,Velia Cardin,Velia Cardin,Mary Rudner,Rita F. de Oliveira,Josefine Andin,Merina T Su,Lilli Beese,Bencie Woll,Jerker Rönnberg +9 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that WM networks are reorganized due to early deafness, and that the organization of cognitive networks is shaped by the nature of the sensory inputs available during development.
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When the FAT goes wide: Right extended Frontal Aslant Tract volume predicts performance on working memory tasks in healthy humans
TL;DR: An extended definition of the FAT (the exFAT) is proposed that propagates more anteriorly into the Superior Frontal Gyrus (SFG) and the implications of exFat volume on performance in a language task and on a set of working memory tasks are evaluated.
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Distinct Components in the Right Extended Frontal Aslant Tract Mediate Language and Working Memory Performance: A Tractography-Informed VBM Study.
TL;DR: A tractography-informed Voxel-Based Morphometry procedure capable of detecting local tract-specific structural differences in white matter regions is presented and applied in two maximum variation sampling studies by comparing local differences in diffusion-derived microstructural parameters and fiber density along the exFAT territory between top performers and bottom performers in language and working memory tasks.
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Visual Statistical Learning With Stimuli Presented Sequentially Across Space and Time in Deaf and Hearing Adults.
TL;DR: Results revealed that measures of sign language skill (sentence comprehension/repetition) did not correlate with VSL scores, suggesting that humans can develop efficient sequencing abilities even in the absence of sound.
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