{"pk":29957,"title":"Processing particularized pragmatic inferences under load","subtitle":null,"abstract":"A long-standing question in language understanding iswhether pragmatic inferences are effortful or whether theyhappen seamlessly without measurable cognitive effort. Wehere measure the strength of particularized pragmatic infer-ences in a setting with high vs. low cognitive load. Cognitiveload is induced by a secondary dot tracking task. If this type ofpragmatic inference comes at no cognitive processing cost, in-ferences should be similarly strong in both the high and the lowload condition. If they are effortful, we expect a smaller effectsize in the dual tasking condition. Our results show that partic-ipants who have difficulty in dual tasking (as evidenced by in-correct answers to comprehension questions) exhibit a smallerpragmatic effect when they were distracted with a secondarytask in comparison to the single task condition. This findingsupports the idea that pragmatic inferences are effortful.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"experimental pragmatics; redundancy; cognitivecosts; dual-tasking"}],"section":"Poster Session 3","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/31g0093d","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Margarita","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ryzhova","name_suffix":"","institution":"Saarland University","department":""},{"first_name":"Vera","middle_name":"","last_name":"Demberg","name_suffix":"","institution":"Saarland University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2020-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/29957/galley/19811/download/"}]}