When high-capacity readers slow down and low-capacity readers speed up: Working memory and locality effects

When high-capacity readers slow down and low-capacity readers speed up: Working memory and locality effects

We examined the effects of argument-head distance in SVO and SOV languages (Spanish and German), while taking into account readers’ working memory capacity and controlling for expectation (Levy, 2008) and other factors. We predicted only locality effects, that is, a slow-down produced by increased d...

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Main Authors: Bruno eNicenboim, Pavel eLogačev, Carolina eGattei, Shravan eVasishth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
individual differences
working memory capacity
retrieval
ACT-R
self-paced reading
Spanish language
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00280/full

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