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EmoLexPros: A database of prosodically incongruent emotional words in European ...
Gomes, Rui; Castro, São Luís; Silva, SusanaIn this study, we validated a set of audio stimuli addressing emotional lexico-prosodic congruence. Positive, neutral and negative words classified as such in European Portuguese lexical databases were recorded with matching and mismatching emotional prosodic patterns (positive, neutral and negative). The produced set was submitted to behavioral validation, where each utterance was rated for lexico-prosodic mat...
Predictors of adult spelling in an orthography of intermediate depth
Mesquita, Ana B.; Morais, Inês Salomé; Faisca, Luis; Reis, Alexandra; Castro, São LuísWhat is the hallmark of a good speller? Spelling is a critical component in learning to become literate, but how it works in literate adults remains poorly explored. We examined word and pseudoword spelling in 214 adults in relation to general cognitive abilities, vocabulary, reading history, reading performance, phonological processing and rapid automatized naming. We conducted hierarchical multiple regression...
Musical and cognitive abilities in children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Boal-Palheiros, G.; Figueira, Pedro; Castro, São LuísHuman beings are born with several abilities which are amenable to change. A growing number of studies have focused on the relations between musical and cognitive abilities but research with children from disadvantaged communities is scarce. This study explored the relations between musical and cognitive abilities in disadvantaged children. Participants were 169 children from deprived neighborhoods, attending t...
Effects of the Portuguese Graphogame on reading, spelling, and phonological awa...
Limpo, Teresa; Richardson, Ulla; Castro, São Luís; Carvalhais, LéniaThe interest in computer-assisted interventions to promote literacy has increased over the years. In this study, we developed the Portuguese version of the GraphoGame Fluent and tested its effects on reading, spelling, and phonological awareness. Second graders struggling to read were randomly assigned to two groups: GraphoGame Fluent group (n = 15), which received a computer-assisted remedial reading intervent...
Portuguese spelling in primary grades: complexity, length and lexicality effects
Mesquita, Ana; Limpo, Teresa; Castro, São Luís; Carvalhais, LéniaThis study investigates spelling abilities of 189 second, third, and fourth graders using a word and pseudoword dictation task in European Portuguese. We analyzed the effect of orthographic complexity on spelling accuracy and the moderating role of length (two vs. three syllables), lexicality (words vs. pseudowords), and grade (second, third, and fourth). Each item represented one of the following orthographic ...
Cognitive deficits, social support, depression and quality of life of post-stro...
Sousa, Flávia; Rocha, Vânia; Estima, Clara; Castro, São Luís; Guerra, Marina PristaA stroke is a life-threatening event which has physical, emotional and cognitive consequences. Thisstudy aimed to identify differences between participants who suffered a stroke and healthy controls,concerning cognitive performance, depressive symptoms, social support and quality of life; to examinethe associations between these variables among participants who suffered a stroke; and to identify thevariables th...
Cognitive deficits, social support, depression and quality of life of post-stro...
Sousa, Flávia; Rocha, Vânia; Estima, Clara; Castro, São Luís; Guerra, Marina PristaAbstract: A stroke is a life-threatening event which has physical, emotional and cognitive consequences. This study aimed to identify differences between participants who suffered a stroke and healthy controls, concerning cognitive performance, depressive symptoms, social support and quality of life; to examine the associations between these variables among participants who suffered a stroke; and to identify th...
The Effects of Visual Movement on Beat-Based vs. Duration-Based Temporal Percep...
Torres, Nathércia L.; dos Santos-Luiz, Carlos; Castro, São Luís; Silva, SusanaIt is known that moving visual stimuli (bouncing balls) have an advantage over static visual ones (flashes) in sensorimotor synchronization, such that the former match auditory beeps in driving synchronization while the latter do not. This occurs in beat-based synchronization but not in beatbased purely perceptual tasks, suggesting that the advantage is action-specific. The main goal of this study was to test t...
Views from Portuguese teachers on multilingualism and educational practices in ...
Martins, Margarida Alves; Sousa, Otília; Castro, São Luís; Dockrell, Julie; Papadopoulos, Timothy; Mifsud, CharlesEurope is a diverse and heterogeneous linguistic community that faces the challenge of educating anincreasingly multicultural and multilingual population. Language teachers are key players on this regardas they may foster multilingualism and contribute to students’ inclusion in their classrooms. Portugal isno exception and Portuguese schools and teachers are adapting to an increasingly multilingual society,a si...
Conceções dos professores portugueses sobre multilinguismo e práticas educativa...
Martins, Margarida Alves; Sousa, Otília; Castro, São Luís; Dockrell, Julie; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Mifsud, Charles L.A Europa é uma realidade linguística diversa e heterogénea que enfrenta o desafio de educar uma população cada vez mais multicultural e multilingue. Os professores de língua(s) são atores nesta realidade, promovendo o multilinguismo e integrando a diversidade. Portugal não foge ao paradigma do multilinguismo e as escolas e professores portugueses vão-se adaptando a uma realidade que, não sendo nova, tem novos c...