Recognition of altered segments in Brazilian Sign Language
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
; 5(2): 239-245, July-Dec. 2012. ilus, tab
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| ID: lil-671551
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BR85.1
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to verify discriminative control by segments of signs in adolescents with deafness who use Brazilian Sign Language (BSL). Four adolescent with bilateral deafness, with 3 years of BSL teaching, saw a video presenting a children's tale in BSL. After showing accurate understanding of the story, participants saw another video of the same story with 12 signs altered in one of their segments (hand configuration, place of articulation, or movement). They apparently did not detect the alterations. However, when the signs were presented in isolation in a matching-to-sample test, they virtually always selected the picture corresponding to the unaltered signs. Three participants selected an unfamiliar picture in 50% or more trials with an altered sign as a sample, showing that they could detect the majority of the altered signs.
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LILACS
Main subject:
Sign Language
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Discrimination, Psychological
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2012
Type:
Article