An exploratory data analysis of word form prediction during word-by-word reading.

ABSTRACT: In 2005, we reported evidence indicating that upcoming phonological word forms-e.g., kite vs. airplane-were predicted during reading. We recorded brainwaves (electroencephalograms [EEGs]) as people read word-by-word and then correlated the predictability in context of indefinite articles that preceded nouns ( a kite vs. an airplane) with the average event-related brain potentials (ERPs) they elicited [K. A. DeLong, T. P. Urbach, M. Kutas, Nat. Neurosci. 8, 1117-1121 (2005)]. Amid a broader controversy about the role of word-form prediction in comprehension, those findings were recently challenged by a failed putative direct replication attempt [M. S. Nieuwland et al., eLife 7, e33468 (2018); nine labs, one experiment, and 2.6e4 observations]. To be

SUBMITTER: Urbach TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456118 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature