Similarity-based interference in sentence comprehension: Literature review and Bayesian meta-analysis

LA Jäger, F Engelmann, S Vasishth - Journal of Memory and Language, 2017 - Elsevier
We report a comprehensive review of the published reading studies on retrieval interference
in reflexive-/reciprocal-antecedent and subject-verb dependencies. We also provide a …

Computational models of retrieval processes in sentence processing

S Vasishth, B Nicenboim, F Engelmann… - Trends in cognitive …, 2019 - cell.com
Sentence comprehension requires that the comprehender work out who did what to whom.
This process has been characterized as retrieval from memory. This review summarizes the …

[HTML][HTML] Interference patterns in subject-verb agreement and reflexives revisited: A large-sample study

LA Jäger, D Mertzen, JA Van Dyke… - Journal of Memory and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cue-based retrieval theories in sentence processing predict two classes of interference
effect:(i) Inhibitory interference is predicted when multiple items match a retrieval cue: cue …

The effect of prominence and cue association on retrieval processes: A computational account

F Engelmann, LA Jӓger, S Vasishth - Cognitive Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present a comprehensive empirical evaluation of the ACT‐R–based model of sentence
processing developed by Lewis and Vasishth (2005)(LV05). The predictions of the model …

Reflexive attraction in comprehension is selective

D Parker, C Phillips - Journal of Memory and Language, 2017 - Elsevier
Many studies have shown that attraction effects are consistently found for linguistic
dependencies like subject-verb agreement, eg,* The key to the cabinets are on the table …

Interference in quantifier float and subject-verb agreement

H Fujita, I Cunnings - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
When forming a dependency between two elements of a sentence, the processor must
retrieve a grammaticality licensed element from memory. Previous research has suggested …

What eye movements can tell us about sentence comprehension

S Vasishth, T von der Malsburg… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Eye movement data have proven to be very useful for investigating human sentence
processing. Eyetracking research has addressed a wide range of questions, such as …

Online reflexive resolution and interference

H Fujita, M Yoshida - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A reflexive referentially depends on another NP. Long-standing inquiries in
sentence processing literature revolve around whether and how forming this coreference …

The syntax, semantics and processing of agreement and binding grammatical illusions

H Ke - 2019 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
The overall goal of this dissertation is to establish a linking theory between the syntax and
semantics and the processing of subject-verb agreement and reflexive binding. This …

Not all phrases are equally attractive: Experimental evidence for selective agreement attraction effects

D Parker, A An - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Research on memory retrieval during sentence comprehension suggests that similarity-
based interference is mediated by the grammatical function of the distractor. For instance …