The Visual World Paradigm in Children with Spoken Language Disorders

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Author(s): Llorenç Andreu (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)and Mònica Sanz-Torrent (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 21
Source title: Eye-Tracking Technology Applications in Educational Research
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Christopher Was (Kent State University, USA), Frank Sansosti (Kent State University, USA)and Bradley Morris (Kent State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1005-5.ch013

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Eye movements have become a commonly used response measure in studies of spoken language processing. These studies are included in the so-called ‘visual world paradigm' in which participants' eye movements are monitored during scene viewing in language comprehension and production activities. In this chapter the most important aspects for running eye-tracking studies in children are revised. Developmental studies using eye movements have increased in the last ten years from babies to adolescents. However, there are only a handful of papers based on the ‘visual world paradigm' that analyze the spoken language in children with language disorders. These studies using eye movements have explored spoken word recognition; verb argument and thematic relations; and narrative comprehension and production. Results has proven eye tracker to be an effective tool for understanding language representation and processing in children with language disorders.

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