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Language and Memory
Preventative Reading Interventions
Robert Savage, Head of Psychology, UCL Institute of Education, discusses research into two experimenter-delivered, small-group word reading programs…
Dynamic conceptualizations of threat in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe mental health problem of a heterogeneous nature. To add to discussions around…
Identification of fluency and word-finding difficulty in samples of children with diverse language backgrounds
Stuttering and word-finding difficulty (WFD) are two types of communication difficulty that occur frequently in children who learn…
Planum temporale asymmetry in people who stutter
Historically, altered language dominance has been considered a cause of developmental stuttering. Peter Howell, University College London, research involves…
Seeing the world through others’ minds: Inferring social context from behaviour
Peter Mitchell, University of Nottingham, is editor of the British Journal of Psychology. He has served as Chair…
Childrens Learning and Language
While practitioners are increasingly asked to be mindful of the evidence base of intervention programmes, evidence from rigorous…
Memory difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Episodic but not semantic order memory difficulties in autism spectrum disorder: evidence from the Historical Figures Task.
Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis of Eyewitness Memory
Laura Mickes, Royal Holloway University of London Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis of Eyewitness Memory: Comparing the Diagnostic Accuracy…