Interference patterns in subject-verb agreement and reflexives revisited
- 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-overloading leads to an overall slowdown in reading time; and (ii) Facilitatory interference arises when a retrieval target as well as a distractor only partially match the retrieval cues; this partial matching leads to an overall speedup in retrieval time. Inhibitory interference effects are widely observed, but facilitatory interference apparently has an exception: reflexives have been claimed to show no facilitatory interference effects. Because the claim is based on underpowered studies, we conducted a large-sample experiment that investigated both facilitatory and inhibitory interference. In contrast to previous studies, we find facilitatory interference effects in reflexives. We also present a quantitative evaluation of the cue-based retrieval model of Engelmann, Jager, and Vasishth (2019).
Author details: | Lena Ann JägerORCiDGND, Daniela MertzenORCiD, Julie A. Van Dyke, Shravan VasishthORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2019.104063 |
ISSN: | 0749-596X |
ISSN: | 1096-0821 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33100507 |
Title of parent work (English): | Journal of memory and language |
Subtitle (English): | a large-sample study |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publishing: | San Diego |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/04/01 |
Publication year: | 2020 |
Release date: | 2023/05/04 |
Tag: | Agreement; Bayesian data analysis; Cue-based retrieval; Reflexives; Replication; Sentence processing; Similarity-based interference |
Volume: | 111 |
Article number: | 104063 |
Number of pages: | 21 |
Funding institution: | University of Potsdam; Volkswagen FoundationVolkswagen [89 953]; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation)German; Research Foundation (DFG) [SFB 1287, 317633480]; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD); [R01 HD-073288] |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |