Long and Short Term Transfer of Cumulative Structural Priming Effects

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Kutta ◽  
Michael P. Kaschak
Keyword(s):  
Structural Priming ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Priming Effects

scholarly journals Structural Priming Is Supported By Different Components Of Non-Declarative Memory: Evidence From Priming Across The Lifespan

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelien Heyselaar ◽  
Linda Wheeldon ◽  
Katrien Segaert
Keyword(s):  
Declarative Memory ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Experimental Session ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Conceptual Memory ◽  
And Performance

AbstractStructural priming is the tendency to repeat syntactic structure across sentences and can be divided into short-term (prime to immediately following target) and long-term (across an experimental session) components. This study investigates how non-declarative memory could support both the transient, short-term and the persistent, long-term structural priming effects commonly seen in the literature. We propose that these characteristics are supported by different subcomponents of non-declarative memory: Perceptual and conceptual non-declarative memory respectively. Previous studies have suggested that these subcomponents age differently, with only conceptual memory showing age-related decline. By investigating how different components of structural priming vary across the lifespan, we aim to elucidate how non-declarative memory supports two seemingly different components of structural priming. In 167 participants ranging between 20 and 85 years old, we find no change in short-term priming magnitude and performance on perceptual tasks, whereas both long-term priming and conceptual memory vary with age. We suggest therefore that the two seemingly different components of structural priming are supported by different components of non-declarative memory. These findings have important implications for theoretical accounts of structural priming.

scholarly journals Long and short term cumulative structural priming effects

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Kaschak ◽  
Timothy J. Kutta ◽  
Jacqueline M. Coyle
Keyword(s):  
Structural Priming ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Priming Effects

The role of constituent order and level of embedding in cross-linguistic structural priming

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUNNAR JACOB ◽  
KALLIOPI KATSIKA ◽  
NEILOUFAR FAMILY ◽  
SHANLEY E. M. ALLEN
Keyword(s):  
Priming Effect ◽  
Target Sentence ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Tree Representation ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Hierarchical Tree ◽  
Constituent Order

In two cross-linguistic priming experiments with native German speakers of L2 English, we investigated the role of constituent order and level of embedding in cross-linguistic structural priming. In both experiments, significant priming effects emerged only if prime and target were similar with regard to constituent order and also situated on the same level of embedding. We discuss our results on the basis of two current theoretical accounts of cross-linguistic priming, and conclude that neither an account based on combinatorial nodes nor an account assuming that constituent order is directly responsible for the priming effect can fully explain our data pattern. We suggest an account that explains cross-linguistic priming through a hierarchical tree representation. This representation is computed during processing of the prime, and can influence the formulation of a target sentence only when the structural features specified in it are grammatically correct in the target sentence.

scholarly journals Structural priming persists for one month in young adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelien Heyselaar ◽  
Katrien Segaert
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Implicit Learning ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Syntactic Processing ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Age Related

Implicit learning theories suggest that we update syntactic knowledge based on prior experience (e.g., (Chang et al., 2006). To determine the limits of the extent to which implicit learning can influence syntactic processing, we investigated whether structural priming effects persist up to one month post-exposure, and whether they persist less long in healthy older (compared to younger) adults. We conducted a longitudinal experiment with three sessions: Session A, session B (one week after A), and session C (four weeks after B). For young adults, we found passive priming effects to persist and accumulate across sessions (one week and four weeks). However, for older adults the effects persisted for one week but not four. This suggests that for young adults, who unlike older adults experience no age-related decline in implicit memory, the limit to the duration of structural priming persistence is longer than four weeks. In a second longitudinal experiment with two sessions one-week apart we found that priming in session A affected syntactic processing in a different, independent task in session B, both for young and older adults. Experiment 2 suggests that implicit persistence of the learned syntax is not limited to a specific context or task. Together, our findings give insight into how structural priming can contribute to language change throughout the lifespan, showing that implicit learning is a pervasive and robust mechanism that contributes to syntactic processing.

Time and dose dependencies for priming effect of glucose on insulin secretion

1981 ◽  
Vol 240 (1) ◽  
pp. E24-E31 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Grill
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Priming Effect ◽  
Rest Period ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Perfused Rat Pancreas ◽  
Rat Pancreas ◽  
Short Term Exposure ◽  
Effect Of Glucose

Short-term exposure to glucose increases insulin secretion during subsequent stimulation. This priming effect of glucose was further investigated in the perfused rat pancreas. A 5-min pulse of 27.7 mM glucose enhanced the response to a second pulse of the sugar after a 5- or 30-min period of 3.9 mM glucose. With a 10-min pulse of 27.7 mM glucose, the priming effect tended to persist also after a 60-min but not after a 90-min rest period. The priming effects of glucose were also evaluated from enhancement of stimulation 15 min later with 3-isobutyl-l-methylxanthine (IBMX). A 10-min pulse of 8.3 and 27.7, but not 5.6 mM glucose enhanced IBMX-induced insulin secretion. Cycloheximide did not abolish the priming effect of glucose on IBMX-induced insulin secretion. Conclusions are 1) priming is rapidly induced; 2) it persists longer than the time of induction; 3) threshold concentrations of glucose that induce priming are similar to those that initiate insulin secretions; and 4) mechanisms causing priming may not involve protein synthesis.

How multiple sources of experience influence bilingual syntactic choice: Immediate and cumulative cross-language effects of structural priming, verb bias, and language dominance

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERRIT JAN KOOTSTRA ◽  
WILLEMIJN J. DOEDENS
Keyword(s):  
Language Change ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Language Dominance ◽  
Verb Bias ◽  
Syntactic Information ◽  
Language Effects ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
L1 And L2

We investigated trial-by-trial and cumulative cross-language effects of structural priming and verb bias on L1 and L2 dative syntactic choices (e.g., ‘boy-give-ball-to-girl’ [PO structure] vs. ‘boy-give-girl-ball’ [DO structure]). Dutch-dominant Dutch–English bilinguals listened to a prime sentence with a DO or PO structure in one language and then described a picture in the other language, using verbs that varied in their bias towards the PO or DO structure in Dutch and English. We found effects of cross-language structural priming and verb bias on syntactic choice, some of which were influenced by the participants’ language dominance. In addition, we found cumulative forms of structural priming, leading to cross-language priming effects between experimental blocks. We discuss these results in terms of models on the representation of lexical and syntactic information in bilinguals, and point out how the observed effects can be related to experience-based mechanisms of language use and contact-induced language change.

Using structural priming to test links between constructions: English caused-motion and resultative sentences inhibit each other

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Ungerer
Keyword(s):  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Similar Magnitude ◽  
Grammatical Knowledge ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Subsequent Processing ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic

Abstract Cognitive-linguistic theories commonly model speakers’ grammatical knowledge as a network of constructions related by a variety of associative links. The present study proposes that structural priming can provide psycholinguistic evidence of such links, and crucially, that the method can be extended to non-alternating constructions (i.e., constructions that differ in both form and meaning). In a comprehension priming experiment using the “maze” variant of self-paced reading, English caused-motion sentences were found to have an inhibitory effect by slowing down participants’ subsequent processing of resultatives, and vice versa, providing evidence that speakers store distinct but related representations for the constructions. Priming effects of a similar magnitude emerged in both directions, suggesting that the constructions are bidirectionally related, while not supporting previous claims about a metaphorical asymmetry between the patterns. Moreover, priming was only marginally affected when prime and target contained the same rather than different verbs, demonstrating that cross-constructional priming in comprehension can be observed in the absence of a “lexical boost”. The results raise questions for follow-up research on the role of inhibition in the grammatical network and the extension of structural priming to other types of constructional links.

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