Mutualistic coupling of vocabulary and non-verbal reasoning in children with and without language disorder.

ABSTRACT: Mutualism is a developmental theory that posits positive reciprocal relationships between distinct cognitive abilities during development. It predicts that abilities such as language and reasoning will influence each other's rates of growth. This may explain why children with Language Disorders also tend to have lower than average non-verbal cognitive abilities, as poor language would limit the rate of growth of other cognitive skills. The current study tests whether language and non-verbal reasoning show mutualistic coupling in children with and without language disorder using three waves of data from a longitudinal cohort study that over-sampled children with poor language at school entry (N = 501, 7-13 years). Bivariate Latent Change Score models were used to determine whether early rec

SUBMITTER: Griffiths S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9132040 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature