Review of Language Comprehension and the Acquisition of Knowledge.

1974 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-485
Author(s):  
DAVID FAY
Keyword(s):  
Language Comprehension

Conceptual short-term memory (CSTM) supports core claims of Christiansen and Chater

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Rapid Serial Visual Presentation ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

AbstractRapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) of words or pictured scenes provides evidence for a large-capacity conceptual short-term memory (CSTM) that momentarily provides rich associated material from long-term memory, permitting rapid chunking (Potter 1993; 2009; 2012). In perception of scenes as well as language comprehension, we make use of knowledge that briefly exceeds the supposed limits of working memory.

Activation and Persistence of Implicit Causality Information in Spoken Language Comprehension

2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirita Pyykkönen ◽  
Juhani Järvikivi
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Visual World ◽  
Implicit Causality ◽  
Causality Information ◽  
Spoken Language Comprehension

A visual world eye-tracking study investigated the activation and persistence of implicit causality information in spoken language comprehension. We showed that people infer the implicit causality of verbs as soon as they encounter such verbs in discourse, as is predicted by proponents of the immediate focusing account ( Greene & McKoon, 1995 ; Koornneef & Van Berkum, 2006 ; Van Berkum, Koornneef, Otten, & Nieuwland, 2007 ). Interestingly, we observed activation of implicit causality information even before people encountered the causal conjunction. However, while implicit causality information was persistent as the discourse unfolded, it did not have a privileged role as a focusing cue immediately at the ambiguous pronoun when people were resolving its antecedent. Instead, our study indicated that implicit causality does not affect all referents to the same extent, rather it interacts with other cues in the discourse, especially when one of the referents is already prominently in focus.

Dynamic Combination of Concepts During Online Language Comprehension

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunaga Matsuki ◽  
Tracy Chow ◽  
Mary Hare ◽  
Jeffrey L. Elman ◽  
Ken Mcrae
Keyword(s):  
Language Comprehension

Effects of Prosodic Stress on Memory in Language Comprehension

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott H. Fraundorf ◽  
Duane G. Watson ◽  
Aaron S. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Language Comprehension

Language comprehension after brain injury

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connie Shears ◽  
Vanessa Miller
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Language Comprehension
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