Prediction during language processing is a piece of cake-But only for skilled producers

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 843-847

  Mani, Nivedita ^a   Huettig, Falk ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Language mediated visual search; Prediction; Production vocabulary; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84872375355     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029284     Document Type: Article

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