{"pk":27269,"title":"Disentangling perceptual and linguistic factors in parsing","subtitle":null,"abstract":"We offer a re-evaluation of the tone-monitoring technique inthe study of parsing. Experiment 1 shows that reaction times(RTs) to tones are affected by two factors: a) processing load,resulting in a tendency for RTs to decrease across a sentence,and b) a perceptual effect which adds to this tendency andmoreover plays a role in neutralising differences between sen-tence types. Experiment 2 successfully discriminates thesetwo factors by registering event-related brain potentials dur-ing a monitoring task, establishing that the amplitudes of theN1 and P3 components —the first associated with temporaluncertainty, the second with processing load— correlate withRTs. Experiment 3 then behaviourally segregates the two fac-tors by placing the last tone at the end of sentences, activating awrap-up operation and thereby both disrupting the decreasingtendency and highlighting structural factors.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Tone monitoring; Processing load; ERPs; Posi-tion effect."}],"section":"Posters: Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5320b514","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Lobina","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Barcelona","department":""},{"first_name":"Josep","middle_name":"","last_name":"Demestre","name_suffix":"","institution":"University Rovira i Virgili","department":""},{"first_name":"Jos ́e","middle_name":"E.","last_name":"Garc ́ıa-Albea","name_suffix":"","institution":"University Rovira i Virgili","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/27269/galley/16905/download/"}]}