Predictive Processing and Developmental Language Disorder
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| Title: | Predictive Processing and Developmental Language Disorder |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jones, Samuel David (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Jan 2021 64(1):181-185. |
| Availability: | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: slhr@asha.org; Web site: http://jslhr.pubs.asha.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Neurosciences, Cognitive Processes, Prediction, Language Processing, Sentences, Language Impairments, Syntax, Children, Feedback (Response), Linguistic Theory, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Speech Communication |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00409 |
| ISSN: | 1092-4388 |
| Abstract: | Purpose: Research in the cognitive and neural sciences has situated predictive processing--the anticipation of upcoming percepts--as a dominant function of the brain. The purpose of this article is to argue that prediction should feature more prominently in explanatory accounts of sentence processing and comprehension deficits in developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: We evaluate behavioral and neurophysiological data relevant to the theme of prediction in early typical and atypical language acquisition and processing. Results: Poor syntactic awareness--attributable, in part, to an underlying statistical learning deficit--is likely to impede syntax-based predictive processing in children with DLD, conferring deficits in spoken sentence comprehension. Furthermore, there may be a feedback cycle in which poor syntactic awareness impedes children's ability to anticipate upcoming percepts, and this, in turn, makes children unable to improve their syntactic awareness on the basis of prediction error signals. Conclusion: This article offers a refocusing of theory on sentence processing and comprehension deficits in DLD, from a difficulty in processing and integrating perceived syntactic features to a difficulty in anticipating what is coming next. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1283944 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Purpose: Research in the cognitive and neural sciences has situated predictive processing--the anticipation of upcoming percepts--as a dominant function of the brain. The purpose of this article is to argue that prediction should feature more prominently in explanatory accounts of sentence processing and comprehension deficits in developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: We evaluate behavioral and neurophysiological data relevant to the theme of prediction in early typical and atypical language acquisition and processing. Results: Poor syntactic awareness--attributable, in part, to an underlying statistical learning deficit--is likely to impede syntax-based predictive processing in children with DLD, conferring deficits in spoken sentence comprehension. Furthermore, there may be a feedback cycle in which poor syntactic awareness impedes children's ability to anticipate upcoming percepts, and this, in turn, makes children unable to improve their syntactic awareness on the basis of prediction error signals. Conclusion: This article offers a refocusing of theory on sentence processing and comprehension deficits in DLD, from a difficulty in processing and integrating perceived syntactic features to a difficulty in anticipating what is coming next. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-4388 |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00409 |
