Influence of text type, topic familiarity, and stuttering frequency on listener recall, comprehension, and mental effort

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 534-546

  Panico, James ^a,c   Healey, E Charles ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Box 1147 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Recall; Stuttering; Text type; Topic familiarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RECALL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUTTERING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249175125     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0238)     Document Type: Article

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