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Ariel N James¹, Colleen J Minnihan¹, Duane G Watson²

¹Department of Psychology, Macalester College, US.

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Individual differences in language experience influence sentence comprehension. Greater language experience facilitates target fixation during real-time processing, independent of general cognitive abilities.

Keywords:

Auditory word processing Cognitive Control Eye movements Reading Sentence processing Working memory

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Psycholinguistics
Neuroscience

Background:

Experience-based theories posit that prior linguistic input shapes real-time language comprehension.
Individual differences in language experience may predict variations in sentence processing efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if individual differences in language experience correlate with sentence comprehension.
To determine if language experience impacts eye movements during predictive language processing.
To examine if general cognitive abilities mediate the relationship between language experience and comprehension.

Main Methods:

Utilized a visual world eye-tracking paradigm where verb transitivity (e.g., eat vs. move) predicts upcoming referents.
Measured participants' eye movements as they processed sentences with predictable versus unpredictable targets.
Assessed individual differences in language experience and general cognitive abilities (working memory, inhibitory control, phonological ability, perceptual speed).

Main Results:

Reliable individual differences in language-mediated eye movements were observed.
Language experience significantly predicted enhanced facilitation in fixating the target referent.
This effect of language experience on comprehension persisted even after controlling for general cognitive abilities.

Conclusions:

Language experience plays a crucial role in real-time sentence comprehension.
Individual differences in language exposure contribute to variations in predictive processing.
The facilitative effect of language experience on comprehension is not solely attributable to broader cognitive functions.