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Practical Methodology of Cognitive Tasks Within a Navigational Assessment
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2015
Children who have complex communication needs can benefit from the use of a speech-generating device (SGD). Cognitive skills were identified as having an impact on the ability to navigate between levels of SGDs. This protocol describes the steps needed for Speech-language Pathologists to assess cognitive skills and navigational abilities.
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Assessing Dexterity with Reaching Tasks
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2023
Reaching tasks are employed in behavioral neuroscience to investigate motor learning and forelimb dexterity. Much like human hands, rodents have dexterous forepaws, which are necessary for executing coordinated and precise motor movements. Experimenters may utilize food rewards to train rodents to reach and for testing their reaching abilities. These tasks help behavioral neuroscientist in understanding how CNS injuries, such as a stroke, may impair reaching ability and dexterity in humans.
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Language: The N400 in Semantic Incongruity
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Sarah I. Gimbel and Jonas T. Kaplan— University of Southern California Understanding language is one of the most complex cognitive tasks that humans are capable of. Given the incredible amount of possible choices when combining individual words to form meaning in sentences, it is crucial that the brain is able to identify when words form coherent combinations and when an anomaly appears that undermines meaning. Extensive research has shown that certain scalp-recorded...
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Examining Bilingual Language Control Using the Stroop Task
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2020
This bilingual Stroop task uses Congruent, Incongruent, and Neutral stimuli presented in blocks in the first language (L1) only, the second language (L2) only, and a combination of L1 and L2. This task allows for an examination of language processing and cognitive control in both L1 and L2.
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Piaget's Conservation Task and the Influence of Task Demands
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Judith Danovitch and Nicholaus Noles—University of Louisville Jean Piaget was a pioneer in the field of developmental psychology, and his theory of cognitive development is one of the most well-known psychological theories. At the heart of Piaget’s theory is the idea that children’s ways of thinking change over the course of childhood. Piaget provided evidence for these changes by comparing how children of different ages responded to questions and problems that he...
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Accuracy indicates whether a participant reached the intended language judgment or response, whereas reaction time shows how quickly that outcome was achieved. Examining both measures can distinguish generally successful performance from processing that is slower or less efficient. Comparing these results across tasks or conditions helps researchers identify when particular language operations may be affected.
Different tasks place emphasis on different aspects of language processing. Picture naming examines the response to a visual concept and its spoken label, sentence judgments examine meaning, and speech-sound discrimination examines distinctions in spoken input. Comparing performance and brain responses across them helps separate task-related processes rather than treating language as a single operation.
Behavioral results show what participants can do and how quickly they respond, while neurophysiological measurements show accompanying brain activity. Using both sources allows researchers to relate successful or impaired performance to neural responses. Functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography can therefore add brain-based evidence when comparing language tasks, conditions, or participant groups.
A study typically selects structured tasks that target a language function, asks participants to complete them under defined conditions, and records responses such as accuracy and reaction time. Researchers may simultaneously measure brain activity, then compare behavioral and neural results across tasks, conditions, or groups. This workflow supports interpretation of both performance and associated language networks.
It is useful when researchers need to characterize how brain injury or disease affects language performance and related neural responses. Comparing affected participants with other conditions or groups can reveal differences in accuracy, response speed, task performance, or brain activity. These comparisons help identify which aspects of language processing are altered rather than relying on a single outcome.
Repeated or group-based comparisons can show how language performance and associated brain responses change across development, learning, or an intervention. Researchers may examine shifts in accuracy, reaction time, or task-related neural activity under comparable conditions. Such results provide evidence about changing language processing and whether observed differences accompany a developmental or intervention-related change.