The grammaticality asymmetry in agreement attraction reflects response bias: Experimental and modeling evidence.
Highlights • The grammaticality asymmetry in agreement attraction is driven by response bias. • Symmetrical effects of agreement attraction arise when bias is neutralized. • This symmetry supports a representational account of agreement attraction. • Current cue-based models do not predict symmetric...
| Publicado en: | Cognitive Psychology Vol. 110; pp. 70 - 105 |
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May2019
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