APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Does Procedural Learning Predict Individual Differences in Children’s Vocabulary and Grammar?
- Rita Obeid
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York - Alexandria Garzone
The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York - Fabienne Geara
The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York - Patricia Brooks
The College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Abstract
This study contrasted predictions of dual-route vs. single-route models of language acquisition in school-age children (N=63). Individual differences in procedural learning (motor coordination) predicted vocabulary and grammar skills, which were strongly intercorrelated. No support was found for the view that vocabulary and grammar are acquired via separable mechanisms.
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