We compared auditory, cognitive, and language test results in a pair of dizygotic twins, one of whom showed symptoms of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). Results highlight the importance of testing binaural function. In particular, electrophysiologic measures of dichotic listening effectively demonstrated the auditory-specific nature of this child's listening problems. The importance...

Learners sometimes have incoherent and fragmented intuitive prior knowledge that is (partly) "incompatible" with the to-be-learned contents. Such knowledge in pieces can cause conceptual disorientation and cognitive overload while learning. We hypothesized that a pre-training intervention providing a generalized schema as a structuring framework for such knowledge in pieces would support (re)or...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the pursuit of achievement goals in medical students and to assess the relationship between achievement goals, learning strategy, and motivation. METHODS Two hundred seventy freshman and sophomore premedical students and sophomore medical school students participated in this study, which used the Achievement Goals Scale and the Self-Regulate...

this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction on english reading comprehension of iranian advanced students. a total of 60 participants took part in the present study. the participants (n=20) in one experimental group were provided with the cognitive training condition only, while the participants (n=20) in the other experimental group were exposed to both a...

The present study aimed to explore the factors causing listening comprehension anxiety (LCA) for Afghan English major students and strategies they used as solutions reduce their anxiety. participants (n=8) were chosen through a purposive sampling technique from Department of Education Faculty at Badghis Institute Higher employed qualitative research design where semi-structured interviews condu...

PURPOSE Fitting a cochlear implant (CI) for optimal speech perception does not necessarily optimize listening effort. This study aimed to show that listening effort may change between CI processing conditions for which speech intelligibility remains constant. METHOD Nineteen normal-hearing participants listened to CI simulations with varying numbers of spectral channels. A dual-task paradigm ...