verbal ability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofverbalandability
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verbal
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.bəl/us/ˈvɝː.bəl/
spoken rather ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofverbalandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In fact, we replicated several specific findings by other investigators in this area, includingverbalabilitydifferences in the two groups during middle childhood.
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In the present study, we expectverbalability(measured in preschool) to predict children's emotion expression knowledge and emotion situation knowledge in first grade.
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To account for individual differences in cognitive capacity, we enteredverbalabilityon the first step.
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Moreover,verbalabilitywas not related to any of the outcome variables assessed in the current investigation.
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Because of the lack of standardization, only raw scores were used (range 0-48 forverbalabilityand 0-23 for articulation).
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Overall intellectual functioning was in the range of moderate intellectual disability, with drawing ability stronger thanverbalability.
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The strongest relationship (r 0.92) is found between the two groups with the highest levels ofverbalability.
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In fact, a specific type of cognitive processing model based on such factors asverbalabilityis not necessary to explain the data.
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This pattern of results was upheld when we accounted for the effects of age,verbalability, and nonverbal ability.
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The length seemed to reflect both the men'sverbalabilityand emotional overload when contemplating the future.
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The measures of ability used include an interviewer's rating of intelligence, averbalabilitymeasure and an ability measure taken prior to leaving high school.
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It seems that many more years and a much higher level ofverbalabilityare needed for children with autism to follow gaze spontaneously.
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This pattern suggests that children'sverbalabilityat the time of experience is a critical factor in their subsequent ability to recall the experience verbally.
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These subscales were summed and standardized in the same way as the spatial tests to form an index of age 3 yearsverbalability.
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After controlling forverbalabilityand attentional and behavioral control, children's emotion knowledge predicted concurrent teacher-reported social problems and social withdrawal.
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Longitudinal effects ofverbalability, memory capacity, and phonological awareness on reading performance.
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These were included to assess generalverbalability.
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In each of the ' mental disability ' groups, one participant benefited only when responding did not require any expensiveverbalability.
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One dealt with the ability to speak and understand, which is referred to here asverbalability.
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