Syntactic prediction during self‐paced reading is age invariant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9619263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael G Cutter (0000-0002-3649-1142, University of Nottingham Nottingham UK, corresponding author), Kevin B Paterson (0000-0002-8150-8628, University of Leicester Leicester UK, corresponding author), Ruth Filik (0000-0001-9022-8364, University of Nottingham Nottingham UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-53 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjop.12594 |
| PMID | 36102378 |
| OpenAlex | W4295660530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 54 |
Controversy exists as to whether, compared to young adults, older adults are more, equally or less likely to make linguistic predictions while reading. While previous studies have examined age effects on the prediction of upcoming words, the prediction of upcoming syntactic structures has been largely unexplored. We compared the benefit that young and older readers gain when the syntactic structure is made predictable, as well as potential age differences in the costs involved in making predictions. In a self‐paced reading study, 60 young and 60 older adults read sentences in which noun‐phrase coordination (e.g. large pizza or tasty calzone ) is made predictable through the inclusion of the word either earlier in the sentence. Results showed a benefit of the presence of either in the second half of the coordination phrase, and a cost of the presence of either in the first half. We observed no age differences in the benefit or costs of making these predictions; Bayes factor analyses offered strong evidence that these effects are age invariant. Together, these findings suggest that both older and younger adults make similar strength syntactic predictions with a similar level of difficulty. We relate this age invariance in syntactic prediction to specific aspects of the ageing process
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Grammar · Linguistics · Noun · Noun phrase · Phrase · Phrase structure rules · Reading (process) · Sentence · Sentence processing · Young adult · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Text Readability and Simplification
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Syntactic prediction during self‐paced reading is age invariant
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |