Individual differences in language skills battery

Language is what sets us apart from other species in the animal kingdom. Although we all have the ability to use language, we differ in that ability. Language skill is a key predictor of professional success and, more generally, of our functioning in society.

The protocol of the Healthy Brain Study includes the ‘Individual Differences in Language Skills’ test battery, a collection of about 30 behavioral tests, all administered via the internet. The test battery assesses the language users’ skills in the main language tasks (word production/comprehension; sentence production/comprehension), the knowledge needed to carry out these tasks (e.g., vocabulary, formal rules of grammar), as well as more general cognitive skills that are likely to be involved in language use (e.g., working memory capacity, processing speed).

Being able to relate language skills to the wealth of other behavioral and neuronal measures collected in the Healthy Brain Study is a unique opportunity for studying the implementation and organization of language in the brain as well as its interaction with other markers of physical and mental well-being.

Read the paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00758-x