Effects of syllabic complexity in predicting accuracy of repetition and direction of errors in patients with articulatory and phonological difficulties

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The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the existence of a strong and significant effect of complexity in aphasia independent from other variables including length. Complexity was found to be a strong and significant predictor of accurate repetition in a group of 13 Italian aphasic patients when it was entered in a regression equation either simultaneously or after a large number of other variables. Significant effects were found both when complexity was measured in terms of number of complex onsets (as in a recent paper by Nickels & Howard, 2004) and when it was measured in a more comprehensive way. Significant complexity effects were also found with matched lists contrasting simple and complex words and in analyses of errors. Effects of complexity, however, were restricted to patients with articulatory difficulties. Reasons for this association and for the lack of significant results in Nickels and Howard (2004) are discussed. © 2005 Psychology Press Ltd.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02643290442000365
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology
College of Health & Life Sciences > Clinical and Systems Neuroscience
College of Health & Life Sciences
Additional Information: This is an electronic version of an article published in Romani, Cristina and Galluzzi, Claudia (2005). Effects of syllabic complexity in predicting accuracy of repetition and direction of errors in patients with articulatory and phonological difficulties. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 22 (7), pp. 817-850. Cognitive Neuropsychology is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0264-3294&volume=22&issue=7&spage=817
Uncontrolled Keywords: complexity,aphasia,repetition,regression equation,complexity effects,Psychology(all),Cognitive Neuroscience,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Publication ISSN: 1464-0627
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2024 08:08
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2019 17:38
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Published Date: 2005-10
Authors: Romani, Cristina (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-5693-4131)
Galluzzi, Claudia

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