Comprehension (Latest Articles)

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Age differences and similarities in the shift from computation to retrieval during reading comprehension.

30 May 2009 Previous research has established that 1 mechanism underlying speed-ups in task performance with practice involves a shift from computational processing to retrieval of information encoded earlier in practice. To what extent do young and older ...
rec_pub_19485659-age-differences-similarities-shift-computation-retrieval-reading.htm

A qualitative study examining Latino functional health literacy levels and sources of health information.

30 May 2009 The purpose of this study was to determine the health information sources used by Latinos in southwest Ohio, identify individual Latino residents' functional health literacy levels, and identify any access barriers to those sources of health ...
rec_pub_19127413-a-qualitative-study-examining-latino-functional-health-literacy.htm

Parental misinterpretations of over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medication labels.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: Concerns about the safety and efficacy of over-the-counter cold medications have led to a recent US Food and Drug Administration public health advisory against their use in children <2 years of age. Our goal was to examine caregiver ...
rec_pub_19482755-parental-misinterpretations-counter-pediatric-cough-cold-medication.htm

Discrepancies between parents' and children's attitudes toward TV advertising.

30 May 2009 The authors conducted a study with 500 parent-child dyads. The sample comprised 254 boys and 246 girls. The children were grouped into 5 age groups (1 group for each age from 7 to 11 years), with each group comprising 100 children. The survey ...
rec_pub_19492733-discrepancies-parents-children-s-attitudes-tv-advertising.htm

Action word understanding and overt motor behavior.

29 May 2009 Is the motor system involved in language processing? In order to clarify this issue, we carried out three behavioral experiments, using go-no-go and choice paradigms. In all the experiments, we used a semantic decision task with an early delivery of ...
rec_pub_19484464-action-word-understanding-overt-motor-behavior.htm

Performance of a Brazilian population on the test of functional health literacy in adults.

27 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scoring obtained by an instrument, which evaluates the ability to read and understand items in the health care setting, according to education and age. METHODS: The short version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in ...
rec_pub_19488667-performance-brazilian-population-test-functional-health-literacy.htm

Neural network of speech monitoring overlaps with overt speech production and comprehension networks: a sequential spatial and temporal ICA study.

25 May 2009 The neural correlates of speech monitoring overlap with neural correlates of speech comprehension and production. However, it is unclear how these correlates are organized within functional connectivity networks, and how these networks interact to ...
rec_pub_19481159-neural-network-speech-monitoring-overlaps-overt-speech-production.htm

Reading comprehension without phonological mediation: further evidence from a Chinese aphasic individual.

25 May 2009 An important issue in visual word comprehension literature is whether or not semantic access is mediated by phonological processing. In this paper, we present a Chinese individual, YGA, who provides converging evidence to directly address this ...
rec_pub_19471874-reading-comprehension-phonological-mediation-evidence-chinese-aphasic.htm

Lévy-like diffusion in eye movements during spoken-language comprehension.

25 May 2009 This study explores the diffusive properties of human eye movements during a language comprehension task. In this task, adults are given auditory instructions to locate named objects on a computer screen. Although it has been convention to model ...
rec_pub_19518528-l-vy-like-diffusion-eye-movements-spoken-language-comprehension.htm

Functional understanding facilitates learning about tools in human children.

24 May 2009 Human children benefit from a possibly unique set of adaptations facilitating the acquisition of knowledge about material culture. They represent artifacts (human-made objects) as tools with specific functions and seek for functional information ...
rec_pub_19477630-functional-understanding-facilitates-learning-tools-human-children.htm

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