Previous research has indicated that field-dependent children display poorer performance than field-independent children in almost all academic subjects and cognitive tasks. However, the processes underlying this poorer performance remain unclear. The present study aimed to assess whether children with different FDI cognitive styles show differences in performance of tasks measuring aspects of ...

Purpose: To develop Brazilian Portuguese Dichotic Sentence List Test, check its applicability and propose an application protocol for auditory processing assessment. Methods: The lists of sentences were taken from the original material, analyzed in detailed and adapted to form the new test. To compose pairs of sentences with as much of the same duration as possible, the duration of each sentenc...

The digit span test was employed in the original Binet-Simon2 tests and has since been employed in the different revisions of the Binet by somewhat shifting the age norms. The Binet tests use the forward and backward reproduction of digits. Humpstone3 employed the group test method necessitating the immediate written reproduction of a series of digits presented at the rate of about 6 digits per...

BACKGROUND The consumption of beverages containing caffeine and taurine before exercising has been associated with increased physical and psychological performances and has been promoted to support the emotional state and provide vitality to consumers. However, there are contradictory results on these issues, it is not clear the effect of every major compound in relation to the whole effect of ...

Digit recognition for license plate recognition is a core process, simplicity on the algorithm to recognize digits on the LPR context is of importance, given that there is an ever increasing vehicle flow and need for recognizing license plates on different environments and applications such as: unattended parking lots, automatic toll collection, traffic supervision, access control of restricted...

The typical finding in dichotic listening with verbal stimuli is the right ear advantage (REA), indicating a left hemisphere processing superiority, thus making this an effective tool in studying hemispheric asymmetry. It has been shown that the amplitude of the REA can be modulated by instructions to direct attention to left or right side. The current study attempted to modulate the REA by cha...

The revised Speech Perception in Noise (SPIN) test and the Dichotic Sentence Identification (DSI) test have been used to help evaluate speech-recognition capabilities in elderly people. We evaluated the test-retest reliability of these measures for 17 subjects aged 63-82 years. The DSI and revised SPIN tests were administered at 65, 75, and 85 dB SPL, with a total of three presentations at each...

OBJECTIVES In this study, the authors assessed the potential utility of a recently developed questionnaire (Evaluation of Children's Listening and Processing Skills [ECLiPS]) for supporting the clinical assessment of children referred for auditory processing disorder (APD). DESIGN A total of 49 children (35 referred for APD assessment and 14 from mainstream schools) were assessed for auditory...