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IMPORTANCE: Although patient portals are becoming important tools in health care delivery, there is a lack of published data on the language accessibility of these digital platforms. OBJECTIVE: To examine the language accessibility of hospitals' patient portals. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-sectional…

We performed a cross-cultural adaptation of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) from English to Spanish for studying Mexican Americans in South Texas. Each of the 78 single-word pain descriptors in the original MPQ was translated into Spanish by a panel of nine bilingual health researchers, preserving the original stru…

To comparatively evaluate the accuracy, readability, and concision (word count) of 7 generative artificial intelligence platforms (GenAIs) that developed multilingual postoperative instructions (POIs) for pediatric dental procedures.Standard prompts were developed and uploaded to 7 trained or untrained GenAIs to create…

As the internationalization of higher education intensifies - particularly under China's "Double First-Class" initiative - Chinese scholars are increasingly expected not only to publish in English but also to perform effectively in high-stakes spoken genres such as conference talks, keynote lectures…

BACKGROUND: Children whose families use a language other than English are known to experience poorer medical care, including during serious illnesses. Information sharing is essential to achieve optimal communication outcomes, but little is known about differences across caregiver language. OBJECTIVE: We explored diff…

This study explores how adolescent learners conceptualize the emotion of love in their first language (Spanish) and in English as a foreign language (EFL), comparing monolingual Spanish speakers and Spanish-Arabic bilinguals. A total of 66 participants (33 per group), all with A2 proficiency in English, completed a sem…

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether culturally adapted dementia prevention animations increased dementia prevention knowledge in ethnically diverse communities. METHODS: A before-and after survey conducted online and in-person between 1 February and 5 June 2022. Participants viewed the animation in Arabic, Hindi, Tamil,…

False political narratives are nearly inescapable on social media in the United States. They are a particularly acute problem for Latinos, and especially for those who rely on Spanish-language social media for news and information. Studies have shown that Latinos are vulnerable to misinformation because they rely more…

We previously found Spanish-English bilingual adults reported higher pain intensity when exposed to painful heat in the language of their stronger cultural orientation. Here, we elucidate brain systems involved in language-driven alterations in pain responses. During separate English- and Spanish-speaking fMRI scanning…

OBJECTIVES: Twitter has been used to express a diverse range of public opinions about cannabis legalization in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to observe changes in sentiments after cannabis legalization and to investigate health-related topics discussed on Twitter. METHODS: Tweets in Thai and English related…

Current models of second language (L2) acquisition focus on interactions with a first language (L1) at the level of speech sound targets. In multilinguals, the degree of interaction between the articulatory plans that guide speech in each language remains unclear. Here, we directly address this question in bilingual sp…

INTRODUCTION: Though empathy, compassion, and Theory of Mind (ToM) are related, they have been distinguished conceptually and empirically across behavioural and neuroimaging experiments. The EmpaToM task was the first realistic paradigm developed for use in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), which can reliab…

Language-dependent recall refers to the language-specific retrieval of memories in which the retrieval success depends on the match between the languages of encoding and retrieval. The present study investigated language-dependent recall in terms of memory accuracy, false memory, and episodic memory characteristics in…

PURPOSE: We investigated the existing regulations about driving eligibility and restrictions for persons with seizures in all English-speaking countries in the world. We aimed to identify: 1) Is there a distinction between epilepsy and functional seizures (FS) in the regulations? 2) What is the required seizure-free pe…

Social interactions have cognitive and emotional benefits for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The prevalence of loneliness and isolation in this population has been repeatedly noted, but interventions remain limited. We designed a program to connect older adults with MCI with an engaging volunteering…

In China, English as a foreign language is important and compulsory from primary education to higher education, essentially because English has become a global language. The Ministry of Education emphasizes that school principals should attempt to train teachers in special education and in assisting students with speci…

OBJECTIVE: Examine the effect of language experience on auditory evoked and oscillatory brain responses to lexical tone in passive (ACC) and active (P300) listening conditions. DESIGN: Language experience was evaluated using two groups, Mandarin- vs. English-listeners (with vs. without lexical tone experience). Two Ma…

BACKGROUND: Several studies have revealed that prosody contributes to reading acquisition. However, the relation between awareness of prosodic patterns and different facets of language ability (e.g., vocabulary knowledge) in school-age children remains unclear. This study measured awareness of prosodic patterns using n…