Chapter Eight Deaf Gain
Chelsee Patterson 10/20/21
Advantages
Grammatical patterns similar to spoken language
Linguistic features of natural languages; phonology, morphology, syntax
Left Hemisphere of the brain - processing language
Right Hemisphere of the brain - spatial syntax and classifier constructs
Sign Gains
Facial
Eye-tracking Studies
Signers have a better ability to recognize faces
Benton Test
Karen Emmorey - Visual discrimination test
Warrington Recognition Memory Test for Faces
Mooney Faces Closure Test
Mouth / Eyes
Memory Processing
Mental 'image' or story
Mentally rotate information
Example of spatial image is imagining the layout of your bedroom
Corsi Blocks Task (Kind of like Simon Says)
Mental - Rotation Test
Faster image generation
Enhanced skills with reversal transformation
Educational Advantages
Modern Language Association - 4th most taught language
Hearing parents want hearing child to know Sign
Hearing parents want Deaf child fixed
Learning 2nd language doesn't interfere with language development; regardless signed or spoken
Express themselves better
Theory of Mind ToM
ASL supports: reading development, word recognition, reading processing
ToM - ability to think about how others may be thinking - an important skill for social interaction and learning
Denmark
Endangered Language
2012 Studies?
Strengthens higher-order cognitive functions, enhanced abilities to discriminate against facial expressions, greater spacial spans, generate images in memories faster, more skilled at rotating images