Wendy Sandler
Wendy Sandler
Visually perceivable and movable parts of the body - the hands, facial features, head, and upper body - are the articulators of sign language. It is through these articulators that that words are formed, constrained, and contrasted with one...
What's special about human language? The contents of the "narrow language faculty" revisited [0.03%]
人类语言的特殊性何在？“狭隘语言能力”的内容再探
Matthew J Traxler,Megan Boudewyn,Jessica Loudermilk
Matthew J Traxler
In this review we re-evaluate the recursion-only hypothesis, advocated by Fitch, Hauser and Chomsky (Hauser, Chomsky & Fitch, 2002; Fitch, Hauser & Chomsky, 2005). According to the recursion-only hypothesis, the property that distinguishes ...
Julie A Van Dyke,Clinton L Johns
Julie A Van Dyke
The parameters of the human memory system constrain the operation of language comprehension processes. In the memory literature, both decay and interference have been proposed as causes of forgetting; however, while there is a long history ...
Comprehension of Linguistic Dependencies: Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Evidence for Direct-Access Retrieval From Memory [0.03%]
语言依赖性理解：直接从记忆中检索的速度与准确性权衡的证据
Stephani Foraker,Brian McElree
Stephani Foraker
Comprehenders can rapidly and efficiently interpret expressions with various types of non-adjacent dependencies. In the sentence The boy that the teacher warned fell, boy is readily interpreted as the subject of the verb fall despite the fa...
People Use their Knowledge of Common Events to Understand Language, and Do So as Quickly as Possible [0.03%]
人们利用自己对常规事件的理解来解读语言 且速度非常快
Ken McRae,Kazunaga Matsuki
Ken McRae
People possess a great deal of knowledge about how the world works, and it is undoubtedly true that adults use this knowledge when understanding and producing language. However, psycholinguistic theories differ regarding whether this extra-...
The picture of the linguistic brain: how sharp can it be? Reply to Fedorenko & Kanwisher [0.03%]
语言脑区的图像能有多清晰？给Fedorenko和Kanwisher的回答
Yosef Grodzinsky
Yosef Grodzinsky
What is the best way to learn how the brain analyzes linguistic input? Two popular methods have attempted to segregate and localize linguistic processes: analyses of language deficits subsequent to (mostly focal) brain disease, and function...
Gina R Kuperberg
Gina R Kuperberg
This is the first of two articles that discuss higher-order language and semantic processing in schizophrenia. This article reviews clinical characterizations of language output and the phenomenon of positive thought disorder, as well as mo...
Language in schizophrenia Part 2: What can psycholinguistics bring to the study of schizophrenia...and vice versa? [0.03%]
精神分裂症的语言障碍（第2部分）：心理语言学能给精神分裂症研究带来什么……反之亦然吗？
Gina R Kuperberg
Gina R Kuperberg
This is the second of two articles that discuss higher-order language and semantic processing in schizophrenia. The companion article (Part 1) gives an introduction to language dysfunction in schizophrenia patients. This article reviews a s...
Language of the aging brain: Event-related potential studies of comprehension in older adults [0.03%]
老年人大脑的语言：老年人大脑理解能力的事件相关电位研究
Edward W Wlotko,Chia-Lin Lee,Kara D Federmeier
Edward W Wlotko
Normal aging brings increased richness in knowledge and experience as well as declines in cognitive abilities. Event-related brain potential (ERP) studies of language comprehension corroborate findings showing that the structure and organiz...
Speaking and Hearing Clearly: Talker and Listener Factors in Speaking Style Changes [0.03%]
清晰地说和听：说话风格转变中的说话者和倾听者因素
Rajka Smiljanić,Ann R Bradlow
Rajka Smiljanić
This article provides an overview of the research concerning the nature of the distinct, listener-oriented speaking style called 'clear speech' and its effect on intelligibility for various listener populations. We review major findings tha...