TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jäger, Lena Ann
A1  - Mertzen, Daniela
A1  - Van Dyke, Julie A.
A1  - Vasishth, Shravan
T1  - Interference patterns in subject-verb agreement and reflexives revisited
BT  - a large-sample study
JF  - Journal of memory and language
N2  - 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).
KW  - Sentence processing
KW  - Cue-based retrieval
KW  - Similarity-based interference
KW  - Reflexives
KW  - Agreement
KW  - Bayesian data analysis
KW  - Replication
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2019.104063
SN  - 0749-596X
SN  - 1096-0821
VL  - 111
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - San Diego
ER  -