Current Topics in Language

by Kara D. Federmeier (Editor), Duane Watson (Editor)

Overview

Language, Volume 68, the latest release in the Psychology of Learning and Motivation, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, with this volume presenting the latest on Perceptual Learning for Native and Non-Native Speech, Common representations of serial order in language and memory, Neurocomputational Emergentism as a framework for language development, Syntactic adaptation, Neural indices of structured sentence representation: state-of-the-art, A review of familial sinistrality and language, Monitoring and control in language production, and more. - Presents the latest information in the highly regarded Psychology of Learning and Motivation series - Provides an essential reference for researchers and academics in cognitive science - Contains information relevant to both applied concerns and basic research

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128150931
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	10/19/2018
Series:	Psychology of Learning and Motivation , #68
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	402
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Kara D. Federmeier received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois and a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, where she leads the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative and heads the Cognition and Brain Lab. She is also a Past President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Her research examines meaning comprehension and memory using human electrophysiological techniques, in combination with behavioral, eyetracking, and other functional imaging and psychophysiological methods. She has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
Duane Watson works in the Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Nashville, TN, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Perceptual Learning for Native and Non-Native SpeechMelissa Michaud Baese-Berk, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson2. Common representations of serial order in language and memorySimon Fischer-Baum, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson3. Neurocomputational Emergentism as a framework for language developmentArturo Hernandez, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson4. Syntactic adaptationEdith Kaan, Eunjin Chun, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson5. Neural indices of structured sentence representation: state of the artEllen Lau, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson6. A review of familial sinistrality and languageChia-lin Lee, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson7. Monitoring and control in language productionNazbanou Nozari, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson8. Communicating Semantic and Pragmatic Meanings in Conversational DiscourseHannah Rohde, Chigusa Kurumada, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson9. Reading ahead by hedging our bets on seeing the future: Eye tracking and electrophysiology evidence for parafoveal lexical processing and saccadic control by partial word recognitionLiz Schotter, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson10. Individual differences in the real-time neural dynamics of language comprehensionDarren Tanner, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson11. He gave my nose a kick or He kicked my nose? Argument structure alternations and event construalEva Wittenberg, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson12. The role of discourse context in reference production and comprehensionSi On Yoon, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson

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An essential, authoritative reference on the psychology of learning and motivation for researchers and academics working in cognitive science