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Peer reviewedSasaki, Masato – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1987
Reviews several experiments which examined the cognitive function of finger writing, an activity widely used by Japanese people and thought to be related to Kanji learning. Children and university students performed either Kanji anagram tasks or English word tasks. Finger writing appears to originate from the existence of motoric or action-based…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textSpence, Carol M. – 1971
Some insight into the relationship between language and thought can be achieved through a comparison between American Sign Language and English. This paper discusses several studies on this topic and defines some of the problems. The author feels that the deaf using American Sign Language cannot be considered linguistically deficient. A structural…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Dialects
