Introducing the Intra-Individual Variability Hypothesis in Explaining Individual Differences in Language Development.

Purpose: Response times (RTs) are commonly used in studying language acquisition. However, previous research utilizing RT in the context of language has largely overlooked the intra-individual variability (IIV) of RTs, which could hold significant information about the processes underlying language...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 67; no. 8; pp. 2698 - 2708
Autores principales: Kautto, Anna, Railo, Henry, Mainela-Arnold, Elina
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Aug2024
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          Kautto, Anna
          Railo, Henry
          Mainela-Arnold, Elina
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          Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku, Finland
          Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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        Individuality
        Ability
        Language acquisition
        Training
        Cognition
        Random forest algorithms
        Pearson correlation (Statistics)
        Research funding
        Data analysis
        Chi-squared test
        Descriptive statistics
        Psychology of movement
        Longitudinal method
        Speech evaluation
        Statistics
        Reaction time
        Visual perception
        Data analysis software
        Confidence intervals
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          Individuality
          Ability
          Language acquisition
          Training
          Cognition
          Random forest algorithms
          Pearson correlation (Statistics)
          Research funding
          Data analysis
          Chi-squared test
          Descriptive statistics
          Psychology of movement
          Longitudinal method
          Speech evaluation
          Statistics
          Reaction time
          Visual perception
          Data analysis software
          Confidence intervals
      ab: Purpose: Response times (RTs) are commonly used in studying language acquisition. However, previous research utilizing RT in the context of language has largely overlooked the intra-individual variability (IIV) of RTs, which could hold significant information about the processes underlying language acquisition. Method: We explored the association between language abilities and RT variability in visuomotor tasks using two data sets from previously published studies. The participants were 7- to 10-year-old children (n = 77). Results: Our results suggest that increased variability in RTs is associated with weaker language abilities. Specifically, this within-participant variability in visuomotor RTs, especially the proportion of unusually slow responses, predicted language abilities better than mean RTs, a factor often linked to language skills in past research. Conclusions: Based on our findings, we introduce the IIV hypothesis in explaining individual differences in language development. According to our hypothesis, inconsistency in the timing of cognitive processes, reflected by increased IIV in RTs, degrades learning different aspects of language, and results in individual differences in language abilities. Future studies should further examine the relationship between IIV and language abilities, and test the extent to which the possible relationship is causal.
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