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Language comprehension and probe-list memory.

P C Gordon1, R Hendrick, K L Foster

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-3270, USA. pcg@email.unc.edu

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|June 16, 2000
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This study on probe-word recognition found that response times increase with more potential probe words. Name repetition effects occurred regardless of co-reference, suggesting reliance on probe-list memory strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Human Memory

Background:

  • Probe-word recognition tasks are used to study language comprehension.
  • Previous research has explored factors influencing response times in these tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of candidate probe set size on response times.
  • To examine the role of name repetition and co-reference in probe-word recognition.
  • To determine if participants utilize probe-list memory strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Participants read sentences presented word-by-word.
  • A probe word was presented, requiring a speeded yes/no response indicating its presence in the sentence.
  • Experiments manipulated the size of the candidate probe set and name repetition conditions.

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Main Results:

  • Response times to probe words increased as the number of potential candidate probes grew.
  • Effects of name repetition were observed even when names were not co-referential or sentence order was scrambled.
  • These findings suggest participants may employ probe-list memory strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Probe-word recognition task performance can be influenced by participants' strategic use of probe-list memory.
  • Researchers should implement controls to rule out probe-list memory strategies when using this task to infer language comprehension processes.