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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Human Visual Perception

Background:

  • Sentence comprehension often activates both singular and plural representations for plural nouns.
  • This singular activation is hypothesized to stem from pragmatic processing of plurals.
  • The role of quantifiers and working memory limits in this phenomenon requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of quantifiers on plural conceptual representations during sentence comprehension.
  • To determine if pragmatic processing or visual working memory constraints explain singular activation for plurals.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments utilized a picture-matching paradigm to assess conceptual representations.
  • Experiment 1 examined plural nouns quantified with "many".
  • Experiment 2 used numerical quantifiers within and above the subitization range.

Main Results:

  • Quantifying plurals with "many" or precise numbers within the subitization range (e.g., 1-4) blocked singular object activation.
  • When numbers exceeded the subitization range, exact quantity representation failed, and singular activation re-emerged.
  • Results indicate a dual influence of grammatical processing and visual working memory limitations.

Conclusions:

  • Plural conceptual representation is shaped by both grammatical processing and visual working memory constraints.
  • The activation of singular representations is modulated by quantifier type and cognitive load.
  • Findings contribute to understanding how the human mind processes quantity and plurality.