Working Memory and the Revision of Syntactic and Discourse Ambiguities.

Two hundred participants, 50 in each of 4 age ranges (19-29 years, 30-49 years, 50-69 years, 70-90 years) were tested for short-term working memory, speed of processing, and online processing of 3 types of sentences in which an initially assigned syntactic structure and/or semantic interpretation ha...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 136 - 156
Main Authors: Evans, William S., Ostrowski, Adam, Caplan, David, Michaud, Jennifer, Guarino, Anthony J., Waters, Gloria
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Published: Canadian Psychological Association Mar2015
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          Evans, William S.
          Ostrowski, Adam
          Caplan, David
          Michaud, Jennifer
          Guarino, Anthony J.
          Waters, Gloria
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          Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University
          Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
          Institute for Health Professions, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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        Analysis of variance
        Comparative grammar
        Memory
        Psychological tests
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          Analysis of variance
          Comparative grammar
          Memory
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        age
        sentence and discourse comprehension
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        speed of processing
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        compréhension de phrases et de discussions
        mémoire à court terme
        mémoire de travail
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        compréhension de phrases et de discussions
        mémoire à court terme
        mémoire de travail
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      ab: Two hundred participants, 50 in each of 4 age ranges (19-29 years, 30-49 years, 50-69 years, 70-90 years) were tested for short-term working memory, speed of processing, and online processing of 3 types of sentences in which an initially assigned syntactic structure and/or semantic interpretation had to be revised. Self-paced reading times were longer for the segments that signaled the need for revision; there also were interactions of age and sentence type and speed of processing and sentence type, but not of working memory and sentence type on reading times for these segments. The results provide evidence that working memory does not support the processes that revise the structure and interpretation of sentences and discourse.
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