Retrieval interference in sentence comprehension

Article Abstract:

A study draws on basic memory research to help distinguish the role of interference effects in sentence processing and reports data from an experiment that manipulates the possibility for retrieval interference while holding encoding conditions constant. Results support a retrieval-based account of interference effects in sentence processing, one that is compatible with the hypothesis that a cue-based retrieval mechanism mediates the creation of grammatical dependencies during parsing.

Analysis, Interference (Linguistics), Parsing, Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)

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Memory structures that subserve sentence comprehension

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The nature of the memory system underlying sentence comprehension was examined using the response-signal speed-accuracy tradeoff procedure. The results indicate that syntactic and semantic information provides direct access to memory representations without extraneous representations needing to be searched through.

Dependency (Psychology)

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Grouping of list items reflected in the timing of recall: implications for models of serial verbal memory

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The structure of short-term memory is explored by measuring the timing of response production in a serial recall task. Temporal grouping increased the accuracy of serial recall of verbal items and under its conditions, the timing of recall was analyzed with the help of oscillator models.

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