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  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Neuroscience

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  • Cue-based memory models propose parallel retrieval via associative cue-matching.
  • This process may overlook linguistic structure like serial order or hierarchy.
  • Similarity-based interference is a known effect impacting retrieval accuracy and speed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate if antecedent position modulates similarity-based interference in sentence processing.
  • Examine the role of structural position and cue diagnosticity in retrieval.

Main Methods:

  • An eye-tracking while-reading experiment was conducted.
  • The study manipulated the sentential position of potential antecedents.
  • A sluiced structure with a wh-remnant (which ones) and a locality bias was used.

Main Results:

  • Findings support cue-based parsing models.
  • Retrieval is sensitive to the structural position of antecedents and competitors.
  • Retrieval is also influenced by the specificity of retrieval cues.

Conclusions:

  • Sentence processing models incorporating similarity-based interference are supported.
  • Retrieval mechanisms are sensitive to both structural and cue-specific factors.
  • This provides evidence for the interplay of structural position and cue diagnosticity in memory retrieval.