This study aimed to find out the use of Socio-Affective Strategy towards students' self-esteem in speaking ability. was carried at one Junior High School, located Pakem, Sleman Regency, Special Region Yogyakarta. research used mix method combining two kind researches, quantitative and qualitative. The participants this were class from several classes junior high school academic year 2022/2023 w...

The present study aimed to define differences between silent and oral reading with respect to spatial and temporal eye movement parameters. Eye movements of 22 German-speaking adolescents (14 females; mean age = 13;6 years;months) were recorded while reading an age-appropriate text silently and orally. Preschool cognitive abilities were assessed at the participants' age of 5;7 (years;months) us...

OBJECTIVE The majority of studies on the associations between breastfeeding and cognitive functioning have focused on IQ, with only a few investigating learning skills, and none of the latter adjusting for maternal IQ. We examined the association between breastfeeding and learning abilities in school-aged children using a cross-sectional design. METHODS We recruited 868 children, aged 8-11 ye...

My third summer as a researcher in the infirmary wing of the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart Convent , I found myself sitting in Sr. Theresa’s small room1. Sr. Theresa was in her mid-eighties and had lived in the infirmary for two years due to trouble walking and her limited ability to navigate the convent hallways and to negotiate physical tasks of daily living. We spent the afternoon as we’d ...

Bilingualism means more than speaking two languages, it also has cognitive consequences. Recently, the question whether or not bilingualism affects cognitive control abilities has raised fierce debates. In this thesis, the effect of bilingualism on executive control was tested in different domains. First, bilingual speakers showed enhanced attentional control abilities while performing non-verb...

Oxytocin facilitates stress regulation but little is known about individual differences in this effect. The present study investigates whether the effect of intranasal oxytocin on stress-contingent cortisol release differs between individuals with high vs. low emotional regulation abilities (ERA). In a double-blind study thirty-six healthy male students with either high or low ERA were randomly...