{"pk":30151,"title":"Effects of Prior Mention and Task Goals on Language Processing","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the processing of linguistic elements\nwhose interpretation depends on retrieving information that\nwas available earlier in the situation. Using the visual-world\nparadigm, we examine the processing of the verb return, which\nrequires that an object has previously moved. We manipulated\nwhether the moved object (and the movement itself) was\ndescribed using language, by its typical label or by its location,\nor whether it was seen moving without that movement being\nlabeled. We also manipulated whether the instructions were\npositive (e.g., Return the X), therefore requiring the listener to\nperform an action, or negative (e.g., Don’t return the X), which\nrequired no action. Results reveal a sensitivity to how\ninformation was introduced. Most importantly, with positive\ninstructions, the naming of the object did not have an effect,\nwhereas with negative instructions, naming was important to\ninterpretation. These results indicate that the way information\nis introduced affects the status of this information when it is\nretrieved; these findings also lead us to explicitly consider the\nhypotheses that link language processing and visual attention.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"language processing; context; discourse; negation;\nthe visual world paradigm; eye-tracking"}],"section":"Papers accepted as Posters, appearing in proceedings only","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8wz1x5wx","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ruth","middle_name":"","last_name":"Maddeaux","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","department":""},{"first_name":"Margaret","middle_name":"","last_name":"Grant","name_suffix":"","institution":"Simon Fraser University","department":""},{"first_name":"Daphna","middle_name":"","last_name":"Heller","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","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/30151/galley/20005/download/"}]}