DE eng

Search in the Catalogues and Directories

Page: 1 2
Hits 1 – 20 of 25

1
Examining Cumulative Semantic Interference in Children
Baird, Tieghan. - : University of Alberta. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders., 2020
BASE
Show details
2
Eye-tracking Analysis of Reading in People with Aphasia
Mendoza, Mark P.. - : University of Alberta. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders., 2019
Abstract: Specialization: Speech-Language Pathology ; Degree: Master of Science ; Abstract: Reading impairments (acquired alexia) commonly co-occur in people with aphasia (PWA). The ultimate goal of reading treatment is to read connected text accurately and quickly. Traditional treatments of acquired alexia have typically targeted single word reading, which has seen little generalization to text reading. Text treatments, though relatively rare, have demonstrated an increase in oral reading rate and accuracy. Investigators have proposed that text is facilitative for PWA as it allows them to use “top-down” processing to integrate syntactic and contextual information (context effect). However, it is unclear exactly what linguistic information PWA are utilizing and how it is being used. A potentially useful approach is to utilize eye-tracking methodology to investigate reading behaviour. In this thesis, the impact of a central language impairment on eye-movements during reading is explored. This investigation occurred in two parts. First, a systematic review of reading studies utilizing eye-tracking methodology was performed to describe the eye-movements of PWA relative to healthy readers. Six studies, including observational and experimental studies, with a total of 60 PWA were found. Compared to healthy readers, PWA had longer processing times, were less likely to skip words, and were more likely to reread previous parts of text. Furthermore, these studies revealed that similar to healthy readers, the reading of PWA can be mediated by bottom-up factors (i.e., lexical variables including length and frequency) and top-down factors (i.e., syntactic and contextual variables including sentence complexity and predictability). Second, a retroanalysis of Kim & Bolger (2012) was performed using linear mixed effects models to analyze the effects of context (a top-down factor) and word frequency (a bottom-up factor) on text reading. The eye-movements of participants were tracked as they read target words of varying frequency (High, Low) embedded in sentences with varying predictability (High, Low). Models were built for the response variables of total fixation duration, total number of fixations, and total number of regressions. Group effects were found for all response variables reflecting that PWA had longer processing times than healthy readers. The main effect of context was found in total fixation duration indicating that PWA, similar to healthy readers, utilize context to predict upcoming words. The results of both the retroanalysis and systematic review are consistent in that they show that PWA are utilizing linguistic information within text to facilitate their reading, and that this facilitation is evident at the level of eye-movements.
Keyword: alexia; aphasia; eye-movements; linear mixed effects; predictability; reading; systematic review
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/0c134b83-0e8f-440f-a3b5-6aacc32516e6
https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-e11g-zy89
BASE
Hide details
3
An Investigation of Changes in Social-Pragmatic Communication Following Participation in the PEERS Program
Bild, Oliver. - : University of Alberta. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders., 2018
BASE
Show details
4
The impact of autism on the heritage language of Spanish-English bilingual children
Hernández, Keren J.. - : University of Alberta. Department of Linguistics., 2018
BASE
Show details
5
Mobile Eye Tracking During Storybook Listening: Applying the Visual World Paradigm in the Investigation of Preschoolers' Online Discourse Processing
Toth, Abigail. - : University of Alberta. Department of Linguistics., 2018
BASE
Show details
6
Using Eye Gaze to Examine Language Production Processes in Children with Language Impairments
BASE
Show details
7
Comprehension monitoring behaviour during reading of connected text in elementary school-children: Comparing eye-tracking and think-aloud methods
BASE
Show details
8
Cartoons and comprehension: The effect of visual context on children's sentence processing
Cooper, Rebecca J. - : University of Alberta. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders., 2016
BASE
Show details
9
Evidence for the functional and structural differentiation of the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus using DTI tractography
Rollans, Claire. - : University of Alberta. Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine., 2016
BASE
Show details
10
Effects of Disfluencies on Listeners’ Processing of Speech
Leonard, Catherine M. - : University of Alberta. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders., 2015
BASE
Show details
11
Effects of Disfluencies on Listeners’ Processing of Speech
Leonard, Catherine M. - : University of Alberta. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders., 2015
BASE
Show details
12
Lexical activation effects on children's sentence production
Charest, Monique Joanne. - : University of British Columbia, 2012
BASE
Show details
13
Lexical activation effects on children's sentence production
Charest, Monique Joanne. - : University of British Columbia, 2012
BASE
Show details
14
Lexical activation effects on children's sentence production ...
Charest, Monique Joanne. - : University of British Columbia, 2012
BASE
Show details
15
Lexical activation effects on children's sentence production
Charest, Monique Joanne. - : University of British Columbia, 2012
BASE
Show details
16
Intervention for speech production in children and adolescents: models of speech production and therapy approaches: introduction to the issue
In: Canadian journal of speech-language pathology and audiology. - Ottawa, Ont. 34 (2010) 3, 157-167
BLLDB
OLC Linguistik
Show details
17
Predicting tense: finite verb morphology and subject pronouns in the speech of typically-developing children and children with specific language impairment
In: Journal of child language. - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press 31 (2004) 1, 231-246
OLC Linguistik
Show details
18
Predicting tense : finite verb morphology and subject pronouns in the speech of typically-developing children and children with specific language impairment
In: Journal of child language. - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press 31 (2004) 1, 231-246
BLLDB
Show details
19
Surface forms and grammatical functions: past tense and passive participle use by children with specific language impairment
In: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research. - Rockville, Md. : American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 46 (2003) 1, 43-55
BLLDB
OLC Linguistik
Show details
20
The use of grammatical morphemes reflecting aspect and modality by children with specific language impairment
In: Journal of child language. - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press 30 (2003) 4, 769-796
OLC Linguistik
Show details

Page: 1 2

Catalogues
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
Bibliographies
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Linked Open Data catalogues
0
Online resources
0
0
0
0
Open access documents
15
0
0
0
0
© 2013 - 2024 Lin|gu|is|tik | Imprint | Privacy Policy | Datenschutzeinstellungen ändern