Research in cognitive psychology has shown a particularly strong association between phonological working memory-usually indexed by some version of a nonword repetition task-and both first language (L1) and second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition in children (e.g., Gathercol…
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In this present study, the relationships among selected cognitive variables and proportional reasoning ability, were examined in sample of eighth, tenth, and twelfth grade Saudi students. Also, this researcher investigated whether the same structure of proportional reasoning tas…
This study was designed to investigate the relationships between science misconceptions and working memory capacity in Saudi adolescent students. The participants in this study were from eleventh and twelfth grades; both male and female students and natural and social science Sa…
Literature review abstract Background: Domain-general processes, such as working memory (WM), short-term memory (STM), and attention, have been found to be related to mathematical performance in children. The relationship between these abilities, however, is not well understood.…
Schizophrenia is a neuropsychiatric disorder lying at the extreme of a spectrum of disorders that possibly share a common abnormality in neural connectivity. Efforts to reverse the core cognitive manifestations of schizophrenia using drug treatments have so far been unsuccessful…
This thesis examines the moderating effect of dispositional reinvestment upon ‘choking’ in cognitive based tasks such as decision-making. Study 1 tested sixty-three participants’ performances on low- and high-complexity tests of motor skill, psychomotor skill and working memory …
This study examined the processing speed, working memory functioning, and mental addition performance of children across different age ranges and arithmetic achievement levels. Attention was directed at two purposes. The first purpose was to examine the processing speed, working…
The purpose of this dissertation was twofold: The general purpose was to further investigate the properties of the phonological loop by extending the irrelevant sound effect paradigm to music. The specific purpose was to investigate the similarity of content (Salame & Baddley, 1…
Part of the Latin Project1 , the current study investigates the relationship between individual differences (Level of Bilingualism) and pedagogical conditions (Types of Feedback) as it affects L3 development. The design includes working memory (WM) capacity and learning strategi…
The field of SLA has witnessed recently an increased effort in operationalizing and measuring attention and awareness through the use of concurrent verbal reports (think-aloud protocols); however, the argument that the provision of these reports poses an additional task or alter…
This study examines the acquisition of syntactic island constraints on wh-movement in English by native speakers of Najdi Arabic to test whether it is possible for second language learners (L2) to acquire syntactic constraints that are not present in their first language (L1). A…
Second injury risk following concussion merits improved return to play assessments. Two studies examined deficits in athletes with a concussion history (Cx): 1) a secondary analysis to investigate an area under the curve (AUC) assessment for cognitive recall; 2) a dual-task para…
This study sought to broaden the findings of the current research on the relationship between late and moderate preterm (LAMP) birth and long-term neurocognitive outcomes—specifically those related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The purpose of this study was…