Statistical learning as a window into developmental disabilities

JR Saffran - Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 2018 - Springer
Until recently, most behavioral studies of children with intellectual and developmental
disabilities (IDD) have used standardized assessments as a means to probe etiology and to …

Implicit learning seems to come naturally for children with autism, but not for children with specific language impairment: Evidence from behavioral and ERP data

FS Zwart, CTWM Vissers, RPC Kessels… - Autism …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and specific language impairment (SLI) are two
neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficits in verbal and nonverbal …

Is procedural memory enhanced in Tourette syndrome? Evidence from a sequence learning task

Á Takács, A Kobor, J Chezan, N Éltető, Z Tárnok… - Cortex, 2018 - Elsevier
Procedural memory, which is rooted in the basal ganglia, underlies the learning and
processing of numerous automatized motor and cognitive skills, including in language. Not …

Procedural learning and memory rehabilitation in Korsakoff's syndrome-a review of the literature

E Oudman, TCW Nijboer, A Postma, JW Wijnia… - Neuropsychology …, 2015 - Springer
Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) is a chronic neuropsychiatric disorder caused by alcohol abuse
and thiamine deficiency. Patients with KS show restricted autonomy due to their severe …

Developmental language disorder is associated with slower processing across domains: A meta-analysis of time-based tasks

NM Zapparrata, PJ Brooks, T Ober - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Individuals with developmental language disorder (DLD) often exhibit slower
processing on time-based tasks in comparison with age-matched peers. Processing speed …

[HTML][HTML] Visual artificial grammar learning in dyslexia: A meta-analysis

M van Witteloostuijn, P Boersma, F Wijnen… - Research in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Literacy impairments in dyslexia have been hypothesized to be (partly) due to
an implicit learning deficit. However, studies of implicit visual artificial grammar learning …

A new memory perspective on the sentence comprehension deficits of school-age children with developmental language disorder: Implications for theory, assessment …

JW Montgomery, RB Gillam, JL Evans - Language, Speech, and Hearing …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The nature of the relationship between memory and sentence comprehension in
school-age children with developmental language disorder (DLD) has been unclear. We …

The promise—and challenge—of statistical learning for elucidating atypical language development

J Arciuli, CM Conway - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Statistical learning plays an important role in the acquisition of spoken and written language.
It has been proposed that impaired or atypical statistical learning may be linked with …

Exemplar variability facilitates retention of word learning by children with specific language impairment

JM Aguilar, E Plante, M Sandoval - … , speech, and hearing services in schools, 2018 - ASHA
Purpose Variability in the input plays an important role in language learning. The current
study examined the role of object variability for new word learning by preschoolers with …

[HTML][HTML] Teaching foreign language grammar to primary-school children with developmental language disorder: A classroom-based intervention study

E Tribushinina, G Niemann, J Meuwissen… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) start learning foreign
languages, usually English as a foreign language (EFL), at an increasingly young age …