可预测性是否会调节句子优越性效应? 也许 - - 但不是一个人可能预测!
Stéphanie Massol1, Jonathan Mirault2, Stéphane Dufau3,4
1Université Lumière Lyon 2, Laboratoire d'Étude Des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Lyon, France. stephanie.massol@univ-lyon2.fr.
Psychonomic bulletin & review
|December 19, 2025
概括
句子优越性效应,即正确句子中的单词比杂乱句子中的单词更好地被识别,并没有受到单词可预测性的显著影响. 语法和语义因素,而不是可预测性,推动了这种效应.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
背景情况:
- 句子优越性效应 (SSE) 表明,在语法序列中,单词的识别比在非语法序列中更准确.
- 在SSE上,单词可预测性在句子上下文中的作用仍然不完全理解.
- 之前的研究表明,可预测性可能会影响单词识别,但它对SSE的具体影响需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查目标词的可预测性是否会调节句子优越性效应 (SSE).
- 区分语法和可预测性对序列内单词识别的贡献.
- 测试假设,可预测性,而不是语法和语义约束,可能是SSE的主要驱动因素.
主要方法:
- 参与者在五个单词序列中的特定位置确定了目标单词,这些单词可以是语法或非语法.
- 目标词的选择是基于高或低的封闭概率,通过封闭测试和大型语言模型 (LLM) 概率进行评估.
- 进行了两项分析:一种是语法序列,另一种是检查语法性和可预测性之间的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 该研究成功地复制了句子优越性效应,证实了语法对单词识别的影响.
- 对于语法序列,观察到可预测性的小效应,但它与语法性没有相互作用.
- 最重要的是,没有发现基于单词可预测性的SSE大小的显著调节,无论它是通过cloze概率还是LLM统计测量.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,语法和语义约束是导致句子优越性效应的主要因素.
- 根据传统方法或LLM概率测量的词语可预测性,不会显著调节SSE.
- 这项研究提供了证据反对SSE的"猜测账户",这些账户认为可预测性起着中心作用.
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