Linking Context to Language Switching: Effects of Background Noise on Bilingual Language Comprehension by Lu Jiao, Zejun Wang, Xiaoting Duan, Yingying Yu, Cong Liu

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Are Verbal Fluency and Nonliteral Language Comprehension Deficits Related to Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease? by Christina Tremblay, Oury Monchi, Carol Hudon, Joël Macoir, Laura Monetta

“…This study explores whether depressive symptoms in PD modulate verbal fluency and nonliteral language comprehension. Twelve individuals with PD without depressive symptoms, 13 with PD and depressive symptoms (PDDSs), and 13 healthy controls completed a semantic and phonemic verbal fluency task and an indirect speech acts comprehension task. …”
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Effective Connectivity Study Guiding the Neuromodulation Intervention in Figurative Language Comprehension Using Optical Neuroimaging by Tania Alexandra Couto, Shiyang Xu, Paulo Armada da Silva, Chenggang Wu, Karl Neergaard, Meng-Yun Wang, Juan Zhang, Yutao Xiang, Zhen Yuan

“…Sixteen healthy subjects were recruited from the University of Macau to test the Granger Prediction Estimation (GPE) method to investigate brain network connectivity during figurative language comprehension. The method is aimed at mapping significant causal relationships across language brain networks, captured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy measurements (fNIRS): (i) definition of regions of interest (ROIs) based on significant channels extracted from spatial activation maps; (ii) inspection of significant causal relationships in temporal resolution, exploring the experimental task agreement; and (iii) early identification of stronger causal relationships that guide neuromodulation intervention, targeting impaired connectivity pathways. …”
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Differences in perceptual representations in multilinguals’ first, second, and third language by Donggui Chen, Donggui Chen, Jingan Su, Ruiming Wang

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Read. This. Slowly: mimicking spoken pauses in text messages by Rachel C. Poirier, Andrew M. Cook, Celia M. Klin

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Accessibility and Referential Choice: Personal Pronouns and D-pronouns in Written German by Yvonne Portele, Markus Bader

“…In contrast to language comprehension, a choice between the two pronominal forms has to be made during language production whether there is an ambiguity or not. …”
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Decompressive Hemicraniectomy and Favorable Outcome in a Pediatric Patient with Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction by Ricardo Barrientos, Carlos Sisniega, Samanta Catueno, Robin Hougen, Ashley Hanna, Utpal Bhalala

“…Additionally, we report improvement in all areas, including language, comprehension, and motor skills at discharge and the 4-month follow-up. …”
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Slowing of Event-Related Potentials in Primary Progressive Aphasia. A case report by Salvatore Giaquinto, Francesca Ranghi

“…They permit observation of a speed decline in higher cognitive abilities, when pathological changes at a central level begin and language comprehension seems to be unaffected.…”
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Students’ Perceptions of Poster Oral Presentation in English by Diyah Nur Hidayati

“…These findings also reveal that these activities are engaging and enjoyable for students, fostering active participation, vocabulary development, practical language application, and improved communication, teamwork, and critical thinking skills, though it highlights the need for more comprehensive understanding during discussions to address occasional challenges in language comprehension. The findings arising from this research have implications for educators, curriculum designers, and policymakers, offering insights into the practicality of utilizing POPs as an immersive and effective method for enhancing students' English language skills . …”
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Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Katrien S. F. Colman, Janneke Koerts, Laurie A. Stowe, Klaus L. Leenders, Roelien Bastiaanse

“…Coexistent impairments in executive functions and language comprehension in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have been repeatedly observed. …”
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Language-specific neural dynamics extend syntax into the time domain. by Cas W Coopmans, Helen de Hoop, Filiz Tezcan, Peter Hagoort, Andrea E Martin

“…The absence of strong effects of the left-corner model further suggests that its mildly predictive strategy does not represent Dutch language comprehension well, in contrast to what has been found for English. …”
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A Hybrid Contextual Embedding and Hierarchical Attention for Improving the Performance of Word Sense Disambiguation by Robbel Habtamu Yigzaw, Beakal Gizachew Assefa, Elefelious Getachew Belay

“…It plays a crucial role in natural language applications such as machine translation, question-answering, chatbots, information retrieval, sentiment analysis, and overall language comprehension. Recent advancements in this area have focused on utilizing deep contextual models to address these challenges. …”
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