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J R Muma

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PubMed1993

The need for replication.

Replication provides verification and disconfirmation functions for the scholarly fields. Relatively few replications were found in a survey of studies in JSHD and JSHR over a recent decade. Based on the probabilities of Type I and Type II errors, there are likely to be approximately 50 to 250 false findings in this literature. Because many studies had relatively small sample sizes, replication would be helpful for extending the generalization of their results. These data underscore the urgency for more replications in the field.

Audiology↗
PubMed1980

Cognitive distancing in mediated categorization in aphasia.

Individuals with fluent and nonfluent aphasia and a matched group of aged normal subjects participated in mediated categorization tasks dealing with two levels of cognitive distancing. Moreover, the categorization tasks entailed the utilization of focal and peripheral exemplars. Fluent aphasic subjects had significantly more difficulty than nonfluent aphasic and normal subjects. All subjects had significantly more difficulty with pictures than actual objects. Peripheral exemplars were used less often than focal exemplars. It was spesculated that some of these results may reflect a degenerative process of aging.

Aged↗
PubMed1975

The communication game: dump and play.

Communication entails much more than formulating a linguistic code to map underlying intents. It entails the utilization of a role-taking attitude in reconciling communicative obstacles that arise from significant speaker-listener discrepancies in form or code, reference or representation, and license or acceptability. Young children communicate in a "talk to" fashion that essentially is issuing or dumping messages. As role-taking attitudes become acquired, communicative efforts change from merely dumping messages to active resolution of communicative obstacles in an effort to achieve the message of best fit for a particular situation.

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