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8. Contributors

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Ackermann, Hermann, primary, Adamaszek, Michael, additional, Allen-Walker, Louise, additional, Argyropoulos, Georgios P.D., additional, Barker, Lauren A., additional, Bartha-Doering, Lisa, additional, Beaton, Alan A., additional, Bodranghien, Florian, additional, Bracewell, R. Martyn, additional, De Smet, Hyo-Jung, additional, Desmond, John E., additional, Gudrunardottir, Thora, additional, Habas, Christophe, additional, Hertrich, Ingo, additional, Jansons, Laura, additional, Kirkby, Kenneth C., additional, Koziol, Leonard F., additional, Leggio, Maria, additional, Manto, Mario, additional, Mariën, Peter, additional, Marvel, Cherie L., additional, Mathiak, Klaus, additional, Molinari, Marco, additional, Paquier, Philippe, additional, Schmahmann, Jeremy D., additional, Stoodley, Catherine J., additional, van Dun, Kim, additional, Vandenborre, Dorien, additional, Verhoeven, Jo, additional, and Ziegler, Wolfram, additional

Published
2016
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10. Consensus Paper: Language and the Cerebellum: an Ongoing Enigma

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Mariën, Peter, Ackermann, Herman, Adamaszek, Michael, Barwood, Caroline H. S., Beaton, Alan, Desmond, John, De Witte, Elke, Fawcett, Angela J., Hertrich, Ingo, Küper, Michael, Leggio, Maria, Marvel, Cherie, Molinari, Marco, Murdoch, Bruce E., Nicolson, Roderick I., Schmahmann, Jeremy D., Stoodley, Catherine J., Thürling, Markus, Timmann, Dagmar, Wouters, Ellen, and Ziegler, Wolfram

Published
2014
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11. Retention of Foreign Vocabulary Learned Using the Keyword Method: A Ten-Year Follow-Up.

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Beaton, Alan

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This article assesses 1 individual's level of recall for Italian vocabulary learned 10 years previously using the keyword method. Without any revision, the subject remembered 35 percent of the test words with spelling fully correct and over 50 percent with only minor spelling errors. The effectiveness of the keyword method of vocabulary acquisition is discussed. (13 references) (MDM)

Published
1995

12. Psycholinguistic Determinants of Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning.

Author

Ellis, Nick C. and Beaton, Alan

Abstract

In a study of psycholinguistic factors, 47 students' learning of German under repetition, keyword, or "own" strategy conditions was investigated. Native-to-foreign learning is shown to be easier the more the foreign language words conform to the phonological and orthographic patterns of the native language; the relationships are less pronounced in foreign-to-native learning. (Contains 109 references.) (Author/LB)

Published
1993

13. Digit ratio (2D:4D) and handedness: A meta-analysis of the available literature

Author

Richards, Gareth, Medland, Sarah E., Beaton, Alan A., Richards, Gareth, Medland, Sarah E., and Beaton, Alan A.

Abstract

The Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda and sexual differentiation models predict an association between elevated foetal androgen exposure and left-handedness whereas the callosal hypothesis predicts the opposite. We present a meta-analysis of correlations between handedness and digit ratio (2D:4D), a putative marker of prenatal testosterone. Left-handedness predicted low (male-typical) right-hand digit ratio (R2D:4D), high (female-typical) left-hand digit ratio (L2D:4D), and low R2D:4D-L2D:4D directional asymmetry (D[R−L]). Effect sizes were extremely small and not moderated by sex or method of measuring handedness or 2D:4D. The same general pattern was observed after excluding the very large study (110,329 males, 90,412 females) of Manning and Peters ([2009]. Digit ratio (2D:4D) and hand preference for writing in the BBC Internet Study. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 14(5), 528–540. doi:10.1080/13576500802637872); however, no significant effects for R2D:4D were observed once these samples were removed. The results do not confirm any theory linking prenatal androgens with handedness, so we speculate they instead reflect the mechanical action of writing causing subtle changes in the musculature and/or fat pads of the fingers. Gripping a pen/pencil might cause an increase in 2D relative to 4D (and/or decrease in 4D relative to 2D) resulting in higher ratios on the writing-hand; furthermore, this could differ between left- and right-handers due to writing in the left-to-right direction (as in English) having asymmetrical effects depending on which hand is used.

Published
2021

33. Going for Broca? I wouldn't bet on it!

Author

Beaton, Alan A.

Subjects
Neurolinguistics -- Analysis, Language and languages -- Natural history, Cerebral dominance -- Natural history, Left- and right-handedness -- Natural history, Human evolution -- Models, Psychology and mental health
Abstract

The role of Broca's area is currently unclear even with regard to language. Suggestions that this area was enlarged on the left in certain of our hominid ancestors are unconvincing. Broca's area may have nothing to do with a lateralized gestural or vocal system. Handedness may have evolved more than four million years ago.

Published
2003

34. Fractionating negative and positive affectivity in handedness: Insights from the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of personality.

Author

Beaton, Alan A., Mutinelli, Sofia, and Corr, Philip J.

Subjects
*HANDEDNESS, *LATERAL dominance, *REINFORCEMENT (Psychology), *SENSITIVITY theory (Mathematics), *PERSONALITY
Abstract

The Annett Hand Preference Questionnaire (AHPQ), as modified by Briggs and Nebes [(1975). Patterns of hand preference in a student population.Cortex,11(3), 230–238. doi:10.1016/s0010-9452(75)80005-0], was administered to a sample of 177 participants alongside the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality Questionnaire [RST-PQ; Corr, P. J., & Cooper, A. (2016). The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality Questionnaire (RST-PQ): Development and validation.Psychological Assessment. doi:10.1037/pas000], which measures two factors of defensive negative emotion, motivation and affectivity—the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) and the Fight–Flight–Freeze System (FFFS)—and one positive-approach dimension related to reward sensitivity, persistence and reactivity—the Behavioural Approach System. We sought to clarify the nature of negative, and positive, affectivity in relation to handedness. ANOVAs and multiple regression analyses converged on the following conclusions: left-handers were higher on the BIS, not the FFFS, than right-handers; in right-handers only, strength of hand preference was positively correlated with the FFFS, not the BIS. The original assessment method proposed by Annett was also used to assess handedness, but associations with RST-PQ factors were not found. These findings help us to clarify existing issues in the literature and raise new ones for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2017
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37. Consensus Paper: Language and the Cerebellum: an Ongoing Enigma

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Mariën, Peter, primary, Ackermann, Herman, additional, Adamaszek, Michael, additional, Barwood, Caroline H. S., additional, Beaton, Alan, additional, Desmond, John, additional, De Witte, Elke, additional, Fawcett, Angela J., additional, Hertrich, Ingo, additional, Küper, Michael, additional, Leggio, Maria, additional, Marvel, Cherie, additional, Molinari, Marco, additional, Murdoch, Bruce E., additional, Nicolson, Roderick I., additional, Schmahmann, Jeremy D., additional, Stoodley, Catherine J., additional, Thürling, Markus, additional, Timmann, Dagmar, additional, Wouters, Ellen, additional, and Ziegler, Wolfram, additional

Published
2013
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