City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 6-2017 Exploring the Relationship between Sequence Learning, Motor Coordination, and Language Development Rita Obeid The Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2115 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact:
[email protected] EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEQUENCE LEARNING, MOTOR COORDINATION, AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT by RITA OBEID A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2017 © 2017 RITA OBEID All Rights Reserved ii Exploring the Relationship between Sequence Learning, Motor Coordination, and Language Development by Rita Obeid This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Psychology in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Date Patricia J. Brooks Chair of Examining Committee Date Richard Bodnar Executive Officer Supervisory Committee: Kristen Gillespie-Lynch Lana Karasik Anna Stetsenko David Rindskopf THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii ABSTRACT Exploring the Relationship between Sequence Learning, Motor Coordination, and Language Development By Rita Obeid Adviser: Patricia J. Brooks Dual-route approaches to language acquisition posit separable mechanisms for acquisition of vocabulary and grammar (e.g., Pinker, 1998). Working within the dualistic framework, Ullman and Pierpont (2005) proposed the procedural deficit hypothesis, which proposes that impairments in rule-based aspects of language (e.g.