Memory in the Deaf: A Cross-Cultural Study in English and Japanese.

Flaherty, Mary

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ERIC Number: EJ612973

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Publication Date: 2000

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Memory in the Deaf: A Cross-Cultural Study in English and Japanese.

Flaherty, Mary

American Annals of the Deaf, v145 n3 p237-44 Jul 2000

A study involving 16 Japanese young men (half with deafness) and 16 Irish young men (half with deafness) found that the Japanese men who were deaf outscored their English-language counterparts in memory for abstract design, due to prolonged use of a highly visual writing system. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Adults, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Males, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ireland; Japan

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