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ArticleCognitive neuropsychology2023

Precision of phonological errors in aphasia supports resource models of phonological working memory in language production.

Jenah Black, Nazbanou Nozari

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Article in Cognitive neuropsychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Is working memory domain-general or domain-specific?Trends in cognitive sciences · 2024
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Jenah BlackDepartment of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1936-0052
Nazbanou NozariDepartment of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2215-8533

Funding

Predoctoral Training Program in Behavioral Brain ResearchT32GM081760 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FIEZ, JULIE A, HOLT, LORI L · 2007 to 2021
$4.3M
Slow time scale fluctuations in neurons and behaviorR01MH128393 · NIMH · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI MATTHEW A SMITH · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
The Behavioral Brain (B2) Research Training ProgramT32GM142630 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Julie A Fiez, MATTHEW A SMITH · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
CRCNS: Interhemispheric coordination for memory and actionR01NS147766 · NINDS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI Joseph Patrick Mayo, MATTHEW A SMITH · 2025 to 2026
$750k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM081760NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142630NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH128393NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS147766
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Working memory (WM) is critical for many cognitive functions including language production. A key feature of WM is its capacity limitation. Two models have been proposed to account for such capacity limitation: slot models and resource models. In recent years, resource models have found support in both visual and auditory perception, but do they also extend to production? We investigate this by analyzing sublexical errors from four individuals with aphasia. Using tools from computational linguistics, we first define the concept of "precision" of sublexical errors. We then demonstrate that such precision decreases with increased working memory load, i.e., word length, as predicted by resource models. Finally, we rule out alternative accounts of this effect, such as articulatory simplification. These data provide the first evidence for the applicability of the resource model to production and further point to the generalizability of this account as a model of resource division in WM.

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AphasiaMemory, Short-TermAuditory PerceptionHumansLanguageLinguisticsAphasialanguage productionspeech errorsworking memory

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PMID37127940
PMCPMC10336978

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