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Three methods for studying developmental change: a case of reading skills and self-concept.

AIMS: First, to introduce and compare three statistical methods for investigating development as a cumulative process: a simplex model, latent growth curve analysis, and clustering by cases. Second, to investigate the developmental dynamics of reading ...
Kaisa Aunola, Esko Leskinen, Tiina Onatsu-Arvilommi, Jari-Erik Nurmi (Br J Educ Psychol, 200209)
three-methods-studying-developmental-change-case-reading-skills-self.asp

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An fMRI-constrained MEG source analysis with procedures for dividing and grouping activation.

To analyze neural activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we developed a method for fixing equivalent current dipoles of MEG in activation areas of fMRI. It includes a procedure for dividing large ...
Norio Fujimaki, Tomoe Hayakawa, Matthew Nielsen, Thomas R Knösche, Satoru Miyauchi (Neuroimage, 200209)
fmri-constrained-meg-source-analysis-procedures-dividing-grouping.asp

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A prospective study of some effects of aircraft noise on cognitive performance in schoolchildren.

Before the opening of the new Munich International Airport and the termination of the old airport, children near both sites were recruited into aircraft-noise groups (aircraft noise at present or pending) and control groups with no aircraft noise ...
Staffan Hygge, Gary W Evans, Monika Bullinger (Psychol Sci, 200209)
prospective-study-effects-aircraft-noise-cognitive-performance.asp

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Latent inhibition in human affective learning.

This study presents the results of a new visual procedure designed to generate affective learning, namely the change in the affective rating of a previously neutral stimulus by simply pairing it with a liked or disliked stimulus. Specifically, an ...
Estrella Díaz, L Gonzalo De la Casa (Emotion, 200209)
latent-inhibition-human-affective-learning.asp

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Modality independence of word comprehension.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to examine the functional anatomy of word comprehension in the auditory and visual modalities of presentation. We asked our subjects to determine if word pairs were semantically associated (e.g., ...
James R Booth, Douglas D Burman, Joel R Meyer, Darren R Gitelman, Todd B Parrish, M Marsel Mesulam (Hum Brain Mapp, 200208)
modality-independence-word-comprehension.asp

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Relating print and speech: the effects of letter names and word position on reading and spelling performance.

From an early age, children can go beyond rote memorization to form links between print and speech that are based on letter names in the initial positions of words (Treiman & Rodriguez, 1999; Treiman, Sotak, & Bowman, 2001). For example, childrens ...
Margo Bowman, Rebecca Treiman (J Exp Child Psychol, 200208)
relating-print-speech-effects-letter-names-word-position-reading.asp

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Neurophysiological evidence of error-monitoring deficits in patients with schizophrenia.

The present study was designed to investigate the time-course of neural activity underlying the disruption of response monitoring in patients with schizophrenia. Event-related brain potentials were recorded from 12 patients with schizophrenia and from 12 ...
Claude Alain, Heather E McNeely, Yu He, Bruce K Christensen, Robert West (Cereb Cortex, 200208)
neurophysiological-evidence-error-monitoring-deficits-patients.asp

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Correlation between reading skills and different measurements of convergence amplitude.

PURPOSE: To find correlations between convergence amplitude and reading ability, as assessed in various methods. METHODS: Convergence of 66 children aged 8-10 years was evaluated using 1) Non-accommodative target at near and distance; 2) A near ...
Yair Morad, Robert Lederman, Isaac Avni, Daniela Atzmon, Emmanuelle Azoulay, Ori Segal (Curr Eye Res, 200208)
correlation-reading-skills-different-measurements-convergence.asp

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Paediatric cochlear implantation: prosthetic hearing and language development.

CONTEXT: Cochlear implantation offers hearing and vocational benefits to children and adults who lose their hearing after acquiring speech and language. But such implantations in prelingually deaf children are controversial, with concerns about diagnosis ...
Jay T Rubinstein (Lancet, 200208)
paediatric-cochlear-implantation-prosthetic-hearing-language.asp

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A lack of self-consciousness in autism.

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated self-consciousness in autism. METHOD: An incidental memory task was conducted on 18 adults with high-functioning autism and 18 normal comparison subjects. Three kinds of orienting questions (phonological, semantic, and ...
Motomi Toichi, Yoko Kamio, Takashi Okada, Morimitsu Sakihama, Eric A Youngstrom, Robert L Findling, Kokichi Yamamoto (Am J Psychiatry, 200208)
lack-self-consciousness-autism.asp