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Examining Domains of Psycholinguistics

Rodriguez, Gersom Alexander LU (2019) PSYP02 20191
Department of Psychology
Abstract
This study set out to investigate relations between language and cognition. More specifically, to examine if language fluency had any effects on measures of attention. Eighty participants with varying linguistic fluencies were recruited on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and completed the study on Qualtrics. Three measures were implemented to gather data: an image-recognition task, a non-verbal scale of fluid intelligence, and a language assessment. In line with previous research, an independent samples t test was used to measure differences in attention scores between monolinguals and bilinguals. Thereafter, multiple linear regression was used to examine the relations between variables of language and cognition. The results of the t test... (More)
This study set out to investigate relations between language and cognition. More specifically, to examine if language fluency had any effects on measures of attention. Eighty participants with varying linguistic fluencies were recruited on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and completed the study on Qualtrics. Three measures were implemented to gather data: an image-recognition task, a non-verbal scale of fluid intelligence, and a language assessment. In line with previous research, an independent samples t test was used to measure differences in attention scores between monolinguals and bilinguals. Thereafter, multiple linear regression was used to examine the relations between variables of language and cognition. The results of the t test indicate no statistically significant differences in attention scores between monolinguals and bilinguals. Moreover, language-fluency was found to be a non-significant predictor of attention scores. Fluid intelligence was, however, a reliable predictor of attention. (Less)
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author
Rodriguez, Gersom Alexander LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Attention, Intelligence, and Language
course
PSYP02 20191
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
cognition, attention, intelligence, language
language
English
id
8977916
date added to LUP
2019-06-18 11:27:17
date last changed
2019-06-18 11:27:17
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  abstract     = {{This study set out to investigate relations between language and cognition. More specifically, to examine if language fluency had any effects on measures of attention. Eighty participants with varying linguistic fluencies were recruited on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and completed the study on Qualtrics. Three measures were implemented to gather data: an image-recognition task, a non-verbal scale of fluid intelligence, and a language assessment. In line with previous research, an independent samples t test was used to measure differences in attention scores between monolinguals and bilinguals. Thereafter, multiple linear regression was used to examine the relations between variables of language and cognition. The results of the t test indicate no statistically significant differences in attention scores between monolinguals and bilinguals. Moreover, language-fluency was found to be a non-significant predictor of attention scores. Fluid intelligence was, however, a reliable predictor of attention.}},
  author       = {{Rodriguez, Gersom Alexander}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Examining Domains of Psycholinguistics}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}