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Interpreter services critical for emergency care
(HealthDay)—Emergency department interpreters are vital to quality care, according to an article published in the October issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Sep 25, 2018
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Publication characteristics tied to treatment effects
(HealthDay)—Published trials have larger treatment effects than unpublished trials, while trials published in a language other than English have larger treatment effects versus those published in English, according to research ...
Sep 6, 2018
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Poor, non-English speaking cancer patients need support
(HealthDay)—There are steps health care providers can take to better support cancer patients who do not speak English, are underinsured, and may face other major financial challenges, according to an article published in ...
Sep 5, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bilinguals use inter-language transfer to deal with dyslexia
Dyslexic children learning both a language that is pronounced as written, like Spanish, and a second language in which the same letter can have several sounds, such as English, are less affected by this alteration when reading ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Neuroscience
Different neural strategies for junior high school male and female English learners
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied the neural response of Japanese junior high school students learning English as a second language while listening to English sentences. More proficient boys showed more ...
Mar 23, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Hispanic Americans across ethnicities want HIV testing in Spanish
Clinicians are advised to never group Hispanic Americans under one collective identity. But when it comes to HIV testing, the desire to communicate with health care providers in Spanish nearly transcends ethnicity.
Mar 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds dialects and languages are processed differently
Is saying 'breeks' instead of 'trousers' or 'tatties' instead of 'potatoes' like speaking a different language? New University of Dundee research suggests that dialects are processed differently to languages, an important ...
Feb 2, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
You are more likely to deny the truth in your second language
Whether you're speaking in your native tongue, or in another language, being understood and believed is fundamental to good communication. After all, a fact is a fact in any language, and a statement that is objectively true ...
Jan 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research finds brain treats dialects as language
A distinctive Scots brogue is at the centre of new international research that shows the brain treats a dialect and a language in the same way.
Nov 6, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Perception of foreign language phonemic contrasts is associated with children's reading skills
After their first year of life, infants' perception of phonemic contrasts usually becomes more specialised and adapted to their lingual environment, and they lose perceptual sensitivity to phonemic contrasts irrelevant in ...
Oct 30, 2017
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