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Attentional Engagement Deficits in Children with Specific Language Impairment |
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Marco Dispaldro - University of Padova
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Laurence B. Leonard - Purdue University
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Nicola Corradi - University of Padova
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Milena Ruffino - University of Padova
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Tiziana Bronte - Centro Medico di Foniatria
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Andrea Facoetti - University of Padova
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| SRCLD Year: |
2012 |
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| - Cognition/Language |
| - Language Impairment, 0-5 |
| - Language Impairment, School Age |
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In this study, we test the hypothesis that children with specific language impairment (SLI) have a more general problem with attentional engagement that, in turn, contributes to their difficulties with language learning. This question was pursued by examining the efficiency of visual attentional engagement in 22 children with SLI and 22 typically developing (TD) same-age peers through use of an attentional masking paradigm. In this paradigm, children must identify the first of two sequentially presented masked objects presented on a computer screen in which the interval between objects is manipulated. Performance on this task was used to predict performance on lexical and grammatical comprehension tasks. The children with SLI were significantly less accurate than the TD children when the interval between the two objects was short. Furthermore, these children’s accuracy did not return to baseline levels even when the interval was extended. Their performance on this task accounted for unique variance in lexical and grammatical performance even after controlling for age and Performance IQ. |
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