Evidence for a role of the human cerebellum in cognitive functions comes from anatomical,
clinical and neuroimaging data. Functional neuroimaging reveals cerebellar activation …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 139 (4) of
Psychological Bulletin (see record 2012-29656-001). There is an error in Table 1. The …

There is at present no clear consensus as to the nature of the relations between oral
vocabulary and specific literacy skills. The present study distinguished between vocabulary …

Vocabulary acquisition represents a major challenge in foreign language learning.
Research has demonstrated that gestures accompanying speech have an impact on …

The developmental learning disabilities dyscalculia and dyslexia have a combined
prevalence of 10% or more, and a co-occurrence (comorbidity) rate of around 40%. The …

Producing written words requires “central” cognitive processes (such as orthographic long-
term and working memory) as well as more peripheral processes responsible for generating …

A great deal of research has examined behavioral performance changes associated with
second language learning. But what changes are taking place in the brain as learning …

Reading aloud involves computing the sound of a word from its visual form. This may be
accomplished 1) by direct associations between spellings and phonology and 2) by …

This book aims to review the work done in psychology and linguistics on language
processing and to relate it to the learning of a second language. It is aimed at the student …

Developmental dyslexia is a genetically based neurobiological syndrome, which is
characterized by reading difficulty despite normal or high general intelligence. Even …