Memory interference during language processing
Memory interference during language processing
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DOI：
10.1037/0278-7393.27.6.1411
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发表时间：
2001-11-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Johnson, M
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作者：
Gordon, PC;Hendrick, R;Johnson, M
通过对复句阅读的研究，探讨了工作记忆在语言理解中的作用。研究了大学生自定进度阅读中的阅读时间和理解准确率与嵌入小句类型(主语提取和宾语提取)和刺激句中名词短语类型(包括关系从句和分裂句)的关系。研究发现，与主语提取形式相比，宾语提取形式的语言理解能力通常更差，这在很大程度上取决于句子中NP类型(描述、索引代词和名称)的混合。具有两个相同类型的NP比具有两个不同类型的NP会导致更大的性能差异。这一发现支持工作记忆的概念，即基于相似性的干扰在句子复杂性效应中起着重要作用。
The authors studied the operation of working memory in language comprehension by examining the reading of complex sentences. Reading time and comprehension accuracy in self-paced reading by college students were studied as a function of type of embedded clause (object-extracted vs. subject-extracted) and the types of noun phrases (NPs) in the stimulus sentences, including relative clauses and clefts. The poorer language comprehension performance typically observed for object-extracted compared with subject-extracted forms was found to depend strongly on the mixture of types of NPs (descriptions, indexical pronouns, and names) in a sentence. Having two NPs of the same type led to a larger performance difference than having two NPs of a different type. The findings support a conception of working memory in which similarity-based interference plays an important role in sentence complexity effects.