Working Memory and the Revision of Syntactic and Discourse Ambiguities

被引：12
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作者：
Evans, William S. [1 ]
Caplan, David [2 ]
Ostrowski, Adam [1 ]
Michaud, Jennifer [2 ]
Guarino, Anthony J. [3 ]
Waters, Gloria [1 ]
机构：
[1] Boston Univ, Dept Speech Language & Hearing Sci, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[2] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Neuropsychol Lab, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[3] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Inst Hlth Profess, Boston, MA 02114 USA
来源：
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE | 2015年 / 69卷 / 01期
关键词：
short-term memory; working memory; age; speed of processing; sentence and discourse comprehension; SHORT-TERM-MEMORY; ADULT AGE-DIFFERENCES; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; EYE-MOVEMENTS; WORD-LENGTH; GARDEN-PATH; SENTENCE COMPREHENSION; IRRELEVANT SPEECH; CAPACITY THEORY; OLDER-ADULTS;
D O I：
10.1037/cep0000037
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Two hundred participants, 50 in each of 4 age ranges (19-29 years, 30-49 years, 50-69 years, 70-90 years) were tested for short-term working memory, speed of processing, and online processing of 3 types of sentences in which an initially assigned syntactic structure and/or semantic interpretation had to be revised. Self-paced reading times were longer for the segments that signaled the need for revision; there also were interactions of age and sentence type and speed of processing and sentence type, but not of working memory and sentence type on reading times for these segments. The results provide evidence that working memory does not support the processes that revise the structure and interpretation of sentences and discourse.
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页码：136 / 155
页数：20
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