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van Rijthoven, Robin; Kleemans, Tijs; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Annals of Dyslexia, 2022
The present study investigated the compensatory role of verbal learning and consolidation in reading and spelling of children with (N = 54) and without dyslexia (N = 36) and the role of verbal learning (learning new verbal information) and consolidation (remember the learned information over time) on the response to a phonics through spelling…
Descriptors: Verbal Learning, Reading, Spelling, Children
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Kippin, Natalie R.; Leitão, Suze; Watkins, Rochelle; Finlay-Jones, Amy – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is associated with growth deficits and neurodevelopmental impairment including foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Difficulties with oral and written communication skills are common among children with PAE; however, less is known about how communication skills of adolescents who have PAE compare…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Speech Communication, Writing Skills, Adolescents
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Demetriou, Eleni A.; Pepper, Karen L.; Park, Shin Ho; Pellicano, Liz; Song, Yun Ju C.; Naismith, Sharon L.; Hickie, Ian B.; Thomas, Emma E.; Guastella, Adam J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Sex differences in autism may in part be understood by an atypical sex profile of executive function and non-executive function. In this study, we compared females and males with autism against non-autistic individuals on neuropsychological and self-report measures to examine whether any sex differences in executive function and non-executive…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Gender Differences, Executive Function
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Haley, Katarina L.; Jacks, Adam; Jarrett, Jordan; Ray, Taylor; Cunningham, Kevin T.; Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa; Henry, Maya L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Of the three currently recognized variants of primary progressive aphasia, behavioral differentiation between the nonfluent/agrammatic (nfvPPA) and logopenic (lvPPA) variants is particularly difficult. The challenge includes uncertainty regarding diagnosis of apraxia of speech, which is subsumed within criteria for variant classification.…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Aphasia, Intonation, Suprasegmentals