A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of - Queen Margaret University

5.15.1.1 Personal attributes 208
5.15.1.2 Cognitive abilities and the capacity to learn 208
5.15.1.3 Severity of aphasia 208
5.15.1.4 Rehearsal and consolidation of learning 210
5.15.2 Demonstration of learning the new vocabulary 210
5.15.2.1 Immediate recall 210
5.15.2.2 Summary of new learning 211
5.16 Participant C11 212
5.16.1 Predictive factors for learning new vocabulary 212
5.16.1.1 Personal attributes 213
5.16.1.2 Cognitive abilities and the capacity to learn 213
5.16.1.3 Severity of aphasia 213
5.16.1.4 Rehearsal and consolidation of learning 215
5.16.2 Demonstration of learning the new vocabulary 215
5.16.2.1 Immediate recall 215
5.16.2.2 Summary of new learning 216
5.17 Summary 217
5.18 Factors affecting the learning of new vocabulary 219
5.18.1 Hierarchical cluster analyses 220
5.18.2 Statistical correlations between learning performance
and various participant factors 224
5.18.2.1 Personal attributes 225
5.18.2.2 Cognitive abilities 227
5.18.2.3 Language ability 228
5.18.2.4 Learning strategies 229
5.18.3 Aspects of the methodology in relation to participant
performance 230
5.18.3.1 Reliability of learning performance 230
5.18.3.2 Learning performance in relation to individual stimuli 231
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