A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of - Queen Margaret University

5.18.2.2 Cognitive abilities
The variables considered in this category are attention, memory, executive
functions, visuospatial skills, non-linguistic learning and clock drawing skills. The
following hypotheses were tested:
Hypothesis seven
Hypothesis eight
Hypothesis nine
Hypothesis ten
Hypothesis eleven
Attention correlates positively with the recall of new
vocabulary therefore participants with attention
impairment will learn less new vocabulary than those
without attention difficulties (see section 2.6.3.3).
Memory correlates positively with the recall of new
vocabulary therefore participants with memory
impairment will learn less new vocabulary than those
without memory impairment (see section 2.6.3.3).
Executive functions correlate positively with the recall of
new vocabulary therefore participants with executive
function impairment will learn less new vocabulary than
those without executive dysfunction (see section 2.6.3.3).
Non-linguistic learning correlates positively with the recall
of new vocabulary therefore participants who had
difficulty learning the non-linguistic task will also have
difficulty learning new vocabulary (see section 4.2.2.2).
Clock drawing skills correlate positively with the recall of
new vocabulary therefore participants with impaired clock
drawing skills will have more difficulty learning new
vocabulary than those who had good clock drawing skills
(see section 4.2.2.2).
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