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An analysis of the processing of multiword units in sentence reading and unit presentation using eye movement data: Implications for theories of MWUs
DownloadSpring 2012
Multiword units (MWUs) have been the subject of much research in psycholinguistics, due to their syntactic and semantic idiosyncrasies. While studies traditionally focused on idioms (a piece of cake), more recent work has focused on another type: lexical bundles (in the middle of). How MWUs are...
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Spring 2012
This study examined the nature and cognitive predictors of orthographic learning in 20 adults with dyslexia and 27 controls. Orthographic learning was assessed with an orthographic choice task and with eye movements in reading a passage embedded with novel words. Participants also completed tasks...
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Pairing Reading Treatment with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Adults with Aphasia
DownloadSpring 2020
Background. Damage to language areas of the brain often leads to a language disorder called aphasia, which impairs speech, writing, and understanding. Sixty-eight per cent of people with aphasia (PWA) also present with alexia, a reading impairment. There is an urgent need for efficacious...