Temporal processing deficits of language-learning impaired children ameliorated by training

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作者
Merzenich, MM
Jenkins, WM
Johnston, P
Schreiner, C
Miller, SL
Tallal, P
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, COLEMAN LAB, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 USA
[2] RUTGERS STATE UNIV, CTR MOLEC & BEHAV NEUROSCI, NEWARK, NJ 07102 USA
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10.1126/science.271.5245.77
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Children with language-based learning impairments (LLIs) have major deficits in their recognition of some rapidly successive phonetic elements and nonspeech sound stimuli. In the current study, LLI children were engaged in adaptive training exercises mounted as computer ''games'' designed to drive improvements in their ''temporal processing'' skills. With 8 to 16 hours of training during a 20-day period, LLI children improved markedly in their abilities to recognize brief and fast sequences of nonspeech and speech stimuli.
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