A5077462934- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Student Assessment and Feedback
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences
- Family Support in Illness
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Retinal Development and Disorders
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Retinal Imaging and Analysis
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
University of West Florida
2015-2024
Loyola University Chicago
2014
AbstractServing as a language translator (broker) for family members during childhood can affect cognitive and emotional functions in both beneficial detrimental ways. Child brokers translate variety of contexts including conversations between their parents financial, legal medical professionals. Pressure to be involved these activities may negatively mental health by placing undue stress on child brokers, while also distracting them from other responsibilities such school. In this study,...
ABSTRACT Executive function (EF) skills (cognitive flexibility, inhibition, and working memory) syntactic awareness of monolingual (English) bilingual (English–Spanish) language brokers nonbrokers were examined. EF may be salient for brokers, who must not only inhibit interference from another but also exhibit when translating. The displayed better cognitive flexibility compared to the other groups. For groups, was a predictor English accuracy taken into account. Cognitive inhibition...
Maternal depression and anxiety are potential risk factors to children's language environments development. Though existing work has examined relations between these constructs, further is needed accounting for both using more direct measures of the home environment We 265 mother-infant dyads (49.6% female, Mage = 17.03 months) from a large city in Western United States explore self-reports maternal observational indices expressive as captured by Language Environment Analysis (LENA)...
Abstract Robust evidence exists for the shape bias, or children's tendency to extend novel names and categorize objects more readily on basis of than other object features. However, issues remain about conditions that affect bias its importance as a linguistic device. In this research, we examined how type instruction ( common noun naming , proper same kind goes with ), animacy (animate, inanimate), dimensionality (two‐dimensional, three‐dimensional) in 3‐ 6‐year‐old children. Overall, all...
This study explored differences in sustained top-down attentional control (i.e., proactive control) and spontaneous types of reactive bilingual monolingual speakers. We modified a Color-Word Stroop task to varying levels conflict included switching trials addition more "traditional" inhibition conditions. The was administered during scalp electroencephalography (EEG) evaluate the temporal course cognitive trials. behavioral effect observed across whole sample; however, there were no accuracy...
Language brokering has been correlated with positive cognitive advantages, particularly in the younger years of translation. However, heavy translating also greater levels psychological maladjustment. Fortunately, a cultural emphasis on family may reduce adverse effects translating. The current study examined emerging adults’ health relation to their language habits during adolescence, as moderated by strength interdependent and independent values family. It was predicted that strong sense...
Purpose A chaotic home environment, marked by disorganization, noise and a lack of routine, has negative associations with language development, social competence executive functioning. This study aims to investigate the mediating effect homes on adaptive behaviors, or behaviors that allow independent functioning, in children diagnosed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared neurotypical (NT) children. Children ASD have difficulties functioning their identifying factors may exacerbate these...
Abstract In this study, monolingual (English) and bilingual (English/Spanish, English/Urdu) five- six-year-old children completed a grammaticality judgment test in order to assess their awareness of the two types syntactic constructions English: word gender representation. All were better at detecting grammatically correct incorrect than constructions, regardless language group. fact, bilingualism per se did not impact results as much receptive vocabulary range. For example, with highest...
Previous research studying language brokers (i.e. children/adolescents who translate for family members) has indicated some positive correlations between frequent brokering and gains in cognitive development, although little of this been conducted on during the university/higher education years. At same time, there is evidence documenting elevated levels depression anxiety frequently, which may undermine developments. The purpose study was to examine impact accumulated frequency academic...