Effects of verbal working memory load on children's language comprehension

• Project/Area Number: 24720198
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kumamoto Health Science University
• Principal Investigator: MIZUMOTO Go 熊本保健科学大学, 保健科学部, 講師 (20531635)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 言語発達 / 言語理解 / ワーキングメモリ / 保持負荷 / 言語心理学 / 選好性 / 認知能力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between children's sentence comprehension and their working memory capacity through the experiment using the stimuli which was controlled in working memory load. The results of some experiments revealed that increasing verbal working memory load made children's sentence comprehension erroneous.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 遅延聴覚フィードバックによる非吃音者の吃音様症状発生における個体差の要因～前頭皮質の脳活動による検討～ (2015)
  • Author(s): 塩見将志・水本豪・岩村健司・池嵜寛人・森下裕介・野田侑佑
  • Journal Title: 保健科学研究誌 Volume: 12 Pages: 75-81
  • NAID: 120005615201
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 言語性短期記憶に及ぼす発音容易性の影響 (2013)
  • Author(s): 水本豪
  • Journal Title: 保健科学研究誌 Volume: 10 Pages: 51-58
  • NAID: 110009659511
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 発語失行例の発話の引き延ばしに関する一考察 (2012)
  • Author(s): 橋本幸成・水本豪・大塚裕一・宮本恵美・馬場良二
  • Organizer: 第13回日本言語聴覚学会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡国際会議場
• [Book] 言語学からの眺望2013（福岡言語学会編、執筆論文：幼児の文理解にみられる選好性についての小論） (2013)
  • Author(s): 水本豪・團迫雅彦
  • Total Pages: 348
  • Publisher: 九州大学出版会
• [Book] ことばとこころの探求（大橋浩ほか編） (2012)
  • Author(s): 水本豪 (担当:分担執筆, 範囲:文脈による理解促進効果再考)
  • Total Pages: 424
  • Publisher: 開拓社