This poster presents a study of the linguistic information potentially available in adult speech directed to 3-month-old infants. The repetitive nature of the speech directed to young infants and the ecological context of the adult-infant natural interaction setting are analyzed in the light of the “Ecological theory of language acquisition” proposed by Lacerda et al. (2004, this volume). The a...

We have previously shown that intracerebellar infusion of the neuropeptide secretin enhances the acquisition phase of eyeblink conditioning (EBC). Here, we sought to test whether endogenous secretin also regulates EBC and to test whether the effect of exogenous and endogenous secretin is specific to acquisition. In Experiment 1, rats received intracerebellar infusions of the secretin receptor a...

We have developed a haptic virtual reality system for dental skill training. In this study we examined several kinds of kinematic information about the movement provided by the system supplement knowledge of results (KR) in dental skill acquisition. The kinematic variables examined involved force utilization (F) and mirror view (M). This created three experimental conditions that received augme...

The benefits of textual input enhancement in the acquisition of linguistic forms have produced mixed results in SLA literature. The present study investigates the effects of textual enhancement on adult foreign language intake of two English linguistic forms-subjunctive mood and inversion structures-to explore the role of the type of linguistic items in input enhancement studies. It also invest...

Although up to 25% of children with autism are non-verbal, there are very few interventions that can reliably produce significant improvements in speech output. Recently, a novel intervention called Auditory-Motor Mapping Training (AMMT) has been developed, which aims to promote speech production directly by training the association between sounds and articulatory actions using intonation and b...

bstract—This study investigated acquisition of a mirroreading skill via imagery training, without the actual perforance of a mirror-reading task. In experiment I, healthy volnteers simulated writing on an imaginary, transparent creen placed at eye level, which could be read by an expermenter facing the subject. Performance of this irrelevant otor task required the subject to imagine the letters...

2. Course format and dates The course is given in five days over a week period, intensive format, followed by a further three weeks follow up sessions of five hours per week to be organized by using videoconference tools, such as Skype or others. The student assessment is organized into two tests: 1) solutions of assigned drill problems; 2) three hours examination. During the intensive five-day...

2. Course format and dates The course is given in five days over a week period, intensive format, followed by a further three weeks follow up sessions of five hours per week to be organized by using videoconference tools, such as Skype or others. The student assessment is organized into two tests: 1) solutions of assigned drill problems; 2) three hours examination. During the intensive five-day...

The subject of this investigation were the effects of electrical stimulation of the hippocampus on the acquisition of active avoidance response (AAR) in a shuttle-box. The stimulation (200 microamperes, 50/s, negative rectangular pulses of 1.0 ms duration) was applied once for 10 s before or after each training session. It was found that the application of hippocampal stimulation before each se...