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Working Memory Training: Cognitive And Linguistic Implications In Adult English Language Learners, Deepti Wadhera Sep 2020

Working Memory Training: Cognitive And Linguistic Implications In Adult English Language Learners, Deepti Wadhera

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This study used a cognitive training paradigm to explore whether the same mechanisms of working memory underly conflict resolution in non-verbal and verbal domains in adult English language learners.The association between an individual’s Working Memory (WM) performance and their success in skills such as interference control, decision-making and language processing has been repeatedly highlighted by researchers in cognitive psychology and linguistic fields. Particularly, acquisition and use of a second language is one life experience in which WM ability seems valuable. However, when this association is put to the test in studies that train participants’ WM and measure transfer of these …