Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Processing references in context: when the polar bear does not meet a polar bear
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01150-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiscourse understanding is hampered when missing or conflicting context information is given. In four experiments, we investigated what happens (a) when the definite determiner "the," which presupposes existence and uniqueness, does not find a unique referent in the context or (b) when the appropriate use of the indefinite determiner is violated by the presence of a unique referent (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2). To focus on the time-course of processing the uniqueness presupposition of the definite determiner, we embedded the determ...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 15, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bettina Rolke Mareike Kirsten Verena C Seibold Susanne Dietrich Ingo Hertrich Source Type: research
Japanese written pseudowords can be conditioned to Japanese spoken words with positive, negative, and active emotions
This study aimed to examine whether Japanese participants condition spoken words' meanings to written pseudowords. In Survey 1, we selected spoken words associated with negative (α = .91) and positive (α = .79) features for Experiment 1 and passive (α = .90) and active (α = .80) features for Experiment 2. In Experiment 1, participants evaluated four written pseudowords' emotional valence using a 7-point semantic differential scale (1: negative; 7: positive) before and after conditioning spoken words with negative, neutral, or positive features to each pseudoword. In the conditioning phase, participants read each pseudo...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Misa Ando Toshimune Kambara Source Type: research
Manipulable objects can potentiate pointing and unusual grasping besides habitual grasping behaviors
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 14. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01151-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeople are faster to perform a precision grip when they see a cherry (i.e., a small graspable object) than to perform a power grip, and the reverse holds true when they see an apple (i.e., a large graspable object). This potentiation effect supports that object representations could include motor components that would be simulated when a graspable object is seen. However, the nature of these motor components remains unclear. The embodied account posits that seeing an object only potentiates the most frequent actions associated with it...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Lo ïc P Heurley Alexandre Coutt é Nicolas Morgado Thibaut Brouillet Source Type: research
Japanese written pseudowords can be conditioned to Japanese spoken words with positive, negative, and active emotions
This study aimed to examine whether Japanese participants condition spoken words' meanings to written pseudowords. In Survey 1, we selected spoken words associated with negative (α = .91) and positive (α = .79) features for Experiment 1 and passive (α = .90) and active (α = .80) features for Experiment 2. In Experiment 1, participants evaluated four written pseudowords' emotional valence using a 7-point semantic differential scale (1: negative; 7: positive) before and after conditioning spoken words with negative, neutral, or positive features to each pseudoword. In the conditioning phase, participants read each pseudo...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Misa Ando Toshimune Kambara Source Type: research
Manipulable objects can potentiate pointing and unusual grasping besides habitual grasping behaviors
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 14. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01151-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeople are faster to perform a precision grip when they see a cherry (i.e., a small graspable object) than to perform a power grip, and the reverse holds true when they see an apple (i.e., a large graspable object). This potentiation effect supports that object representations could include motor components that would be simulated when a graspable object is seen. However, the nature of these motor components remains unclear. The embodied account posits that seeing an object only potentiates the most frequent actions associated with it...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Lo ïc P Heurley Alexandre Coutt é Nicolas Morgado Thibaut Brouillet Source Type: research
Visual perception and linguistic abilities, not quantitative knowledge, count in geometric knowledge of kindergarten children
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01145-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGeometric knowledge is one of the important mathematical skills acquired by children at a young age and is a major area of future mathematical learning; however, there is no direct research on the factors influencing kindergarteners' early geometric knowledge. The pathways model to mathematics was modified to examine the cognitive mechanisms underlying geometric knowledge in Chinese kindergarten children aged 5-7 (n = 99). Quantitative knowledge, visual-spatial processing, and linguistic abilities were stepped into hierarchical multip...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 10, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kaichun Liu Xiaohan Huang Xiujie Yang Source Type: research
Visual perception and linguistic abilities, not quantitative knowledge, count in geometric knowledge of kindergarten children
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01145-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGeometric knowledge is one of the important mathematical skills acquired by children at a young age and is a major area of future mathematical learning; however, there is no direct research on the factors influencing kindergarteners' early geometric knowledge. The pathways model to mathematics was modified to examine the cognitive mechanisms underlying geometric knowledge in Chinese kindergarten children aged 5-7 (n = 99). Quantitative knowledge, visual-spatial processing, and linguistic abilities were stepped into hierarchical multip...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 10, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kaichun Liu Xiaohan Huang Xiujie Yang Source Type: research
Visual perception and linguistic abilities, not quantitative knowledge, count in geometric knowledge of kindergarten children
Cogn Process. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01145-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGeometric knowledge is one of the important mathematical skills acquired by children at a young age and is a major area of future mathematical learning; however, there is no direct research on the factors influencing kindergarteners' early geometric knowledge. The pathways model to mathematics was modified to examine the cognitive mechanisms underlying geometric knowledge in Chinese kindergarten children aged 5-7 (n = 99). Quantitative knowledge, visual-spatial processing, and linguistic abilities were stepped into hierarchical multip...
Source: Cognitive Processing - July 10, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kaichun Liu Xiaohan Huang Xiujie Yang Source Type: research
