In a majority of languages, the time of an event is expressed by marking tense on the verb. There is substantial evidence that the production of verb tense in sentences is more severely impaired than other functional categories in persons with agrammatic aphasia. The underlying source of this verb tense impairment is less clear, particularly in terms of the relative contribution of conceptual-s...

Cognitive skill learning postulates strategy generation and implementation when people learn to perform new tasks. Here we followed self-reported use objective performance in a working memory (WM) updating task reveal development that should take place faced with this novel task. In two pre-registered online experiments healthy adults, examined short-term acquisition ca 20–30-minute adaptive n-...

This study examines a classroom-based second-language speaking test that uses picture description tasks and rating scale of functional adequacy (FA) in terms measurement quality. We used four FA scores from 36371 Japanese learners English at two public senior high schools 44 undergraduate graduate students. Each examinee was evaluated by or three raters. many-facet Rasch to stack longitudinal d...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although multiple studies have suggested that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may facilitate recovery after stroke, the efficacy of synchronous speech therapy integrated with an rTMS protocol has yet to be determined. We investigated language responses to this strategy and determined the longevity of the resulting therapeutic outcomes. METHODS Forty-...

Reflexive eyeblinks to a startle probe vary with the pleasantness of affective pictures, whereas the corresponding P300 varies with emotional arousal. The impact of attention to the probe on these effects was examined by varying task and probe type. Probes were either nonstartling tones or startling noises presented during affective picture viewing. Half the participants performed a task requir...

Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy (AIL) is an uncommon disorder which begins  with constitutional symptoms. The majority of the patients .has generalized l?7111ph­ adenopathy, , hepatosplenomegaly and about 40% show cutaneous manifestations such as maculopapular eruption, purpura, urticaria or erythroderma. Histhopatho­Iogy of lymphnodes has a characteristic picture. The etiology of AIL is unk...

This study investigated the impact of oral pushed output on the learning and retention of English perfect tenses. During the study, a pre-test was administered to 22 freshmen majoring in English translation. The participants were randomly assigned to two groups. Then, for six sessions both groups received explicit instructions on English perfect tenses. Every session, the experimental group rec...