LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Concurrent Performance of Two Memory Tasks: A Comparison between Normal Children and Children with Stuttering

Ankitha Vinod, Intern B.Sc. Speech & Hearing
Sneha Kothari, II M.Sc. Speech & Hearing
N. P. Nataraja, Ph.D. Speech and Hearing
Suma Raju, MASLP
Deepthi M., M.Sc. Speech and Hearing

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Introduction

Working memory, a functional space in which data is manipulated as well as stored. It is a multidimensional system comprising several interactive, interrelated mechanisms. These include phonological short-term memory (PSTM) storage buffer, a visuo-spatial short-term memory buffer and attentional resource control function (Bayliss et al. 2005, Conlin et al. 2005). Sources of information that are needed in comprehending a sentence are stored in working memory. The types of information stored include meaning of the word, its role in grammar, and the structures in which it can appear, and the role it plays in sentence meaning.

A concurrent verbal processing-storage (CPS) task was used as the index of attentional resource control/allocation by Marton and Schwartz (2003) & studied by Kane et al. (2001, 1999). This task was regarded to reflect children’s domain-general use of controlled and flexible attentional abilities, i.e., allocation of attention to the language processing system and phonological short term buffer (or PSTM). This task invites children to divide their attentional resources between language processing (i.e., comprehend the sentence) and verbal storage (i.e., retain final words/repeat non-words).

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Ankitha Vinod, Intern BSc (Speech & Hearing)
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysore -570 025
Karnataka
India
iamanku32@gmail.com

Sneha Kothari, II M.Sc. Speech & Hearing
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysore-570025
Karnataka
India
snehakothari9@gmail.com

N P Nataraja, Ph.D. Speech and Hearing
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysore - 570025
Karnataka
India
npnataraja@rediffmail.com

Suma Raju, MASLP
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysore – 570025
Karnataka
India
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Deepthi M. M.Sc. Speech and Hearing
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysore – 570025
Karnataka
India
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