Improving Language Acquisition and Processing With Cognitive Stimulation

Frontiers in Psychology

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José Luis Tapia¹  Jon Andoni Duñabeitia¹ 

[1] Universidad Antonio de Nebrija;AcqVA Aurora Center, The Arctic University of Norway

关键词: cognitive stimulation;    brain training;    language learning;    executive functions;    intervention programs;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.663773

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Cognitive functions are essential in human development in general, and they play a key rolein language learning, as well as in reading and writing. A large body of evidence makes therelationship between executive functions and language acquisition and processing indisputable[Moser et al., 2007; Mazuka et al., 2009; Woodard et al., 2016; see also the meta-analysis by Swansonet al. (2009)]. Lexical-semantic processing has been associated with inhibition skills (Khanna andBoland, 2010) and with working memory and information updating (Weiland et al., 2014), whereassyntactic processing has been linked with inhibition, shifting, updating (Novick et al., 2005; Robertset al., 2007). Memory updating has been suggested to underlie both sentence comprehension(Daneman and Carpenter, 1980) and production (Slevc, 2011). Furthermore, executive functionshave also been correlated with the development of phonological awareness (Risso et al., 2015).Broadly speaking, the neuroscientific literature has consistently shown that executive functions andlanguage skills are interrelated, suggesting an overlap of the neural processes involved [see Slot andVon Suchodoletz (2018)].

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