Search Results - "Ng, Shukhan"
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Talker-specific predictions during language processing
Published in Language, cognition and neuroscience (02-07-2020)“…Language comprehension is shaped by world knowledge. After hearing about "a farm animal," meanings of typical ("cow") versus atypical exemplars ("ox") are more…”
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The Effects of Sustained Literacy Engagement on Cognition and Sentence Processing Among Older Adults
Published in Frontiers in psychology (11-07-2022)“…Considerable evidence suggests that language processing depends on memory processes, which are vulnerable to declines with aging. Yet little is known about the…”
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Processing gap-filler dependencies in Chinese: What does it tell us about semantic processing?
Published in Journal of memory and language (01-07-2014)“…•Chinese gap-filler completion is used to test syntactic and semantic processes.•Construction of interest is Verb+Noun1+de+Noun2 that contains a subject…”
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Examining the relationship of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with early language development in children
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Examining the relationship of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with early language development in children
Published in Pediatric research (01-06-2024)“…Background Acetaminophen is the only analgesic considered safe for use throughout pregnancy. Recent studies suggest that use during pregnancy may be associated…”
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Looking for transfer in all the wrong places: How intellectual abilities can be enhanced through diverse experience among older adults
Published in Intelligence (Norwood) (01-05-2024)“…Research with cognitive training for older adults has largely shown that benefits are confined to the skills that are directly practiced with little or no…”
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How struggling adult readers use contextual information when comprehending speech: Evidence from event-related potentials
Published in International journal of psychophysiology (01-03-2018)“…We investigated how struggling adult readers make use of sentence context to facilitate word processing when comprehending spoken language, conditions under…”
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The Effects of Context on Processing Words During Sentence Reading Among Adults Varying in Age and Literacy Skill
Published in Psychology and aging (01-08-2017)“…The facilitation of word processing by sentence context reflects the interaction between the build-up of message-level semantics and lexical processing. Yet,…”
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Cross-Sectional Associations between Prenatal Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances and Bioactive Lipids in Three Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts
Published in Environmental science & technology (14-05-2024)“…Prenatal per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure may influence gestational outcomes through bioactive lipidsmetabolic and inflammation pathway…”
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The fox and the cabra : An ERP analysis of reading code switched nouns and verbs in bilingual short stories
Published in Brain research (04-04-2014)“…Abstract Comprehending a language (or code) switch within a sentence context triggers 2 electrophysiological signatures: an early left anterior negativity post…”
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Use of Contextual Information and Prediction by Struggling Adult Readers: Evidence From Reading Times and Event-Related Potentials
Published in Scientific studies of reading (03-09-2017)“…We employed self-paced reading and event-related potential measures to investigate how adults of varying literacy levels use sentence context information when…”
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Normalizing bilingualism:The effects of the Catalonian linguistic normalization policy one generation after
Published in Journal of sociolinguistics (01-06-2008)“…This study examines the evolution of language attitudes of linguistically diverse adolescents in urban Catalonia a generation after the instauration of…”
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Execution of Lexical and Conceptual Processes in Sentence Comprehension among Adult Readers as a Function of Literacy Skill
Published in Scientific studies of reading (03-07-2020)“…Little is known about conceptual integration processes and their contributions to memory representations that are constructed in sentence comprehension among…”
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Meaning first: A case for language-independent access to word meaning in the bilingual brain
Published in Neuropsychologia (01-04-2013)“…This study aimed to determine how deeply a word is processed in the bilingual brain before the word’s language membership plays a role in lexical selection. In…”
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Use of Contextual Information and Prediction by Struggling Adult Readers: Evidence from Reading Times and Event-Related Potentials
Published in Scientific studies of reading (2017)“…We employed self-paced reading and event-related potential measures to investigate how adults of varying literacy levels use sentence context information when…”
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The Potential for Literacy to Shape Lifelong Cognitive Health
Published in Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences (01-10-2015)“…In light of population aging, an understanding of factors that promote lifelong cognitive resilience is urgent. There is considerable evidence that education…”
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Normalizing bilingualism:The effects of the Catalonian linguistic normalization policy one generation after1
Published in Journal of sociolinguistics (01-06-2008)“…This study examines the evolution of language attitudes of linguistically diverse adolescents in urban Catalonia a generation after the instauration of…”
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Normalizing bilingualism:The effects of the Catalonian linguistic normalization policy one generation after 1
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Processing Chinese empty categories
Published 01-01-2009“…This study investigates empty category (or 'gap') interpretation by native Mandarin Chinese speakers. Two research methods (sentence completion and self-paced…”
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Face Beautification: Beyond Makeup Transfer
Published 08-12-2019“…Facial appearance plays an important role in our social lives. Subjective perception of women's beauty depends on various face-related (e.g., skin, shape,…”
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