Psycholinguists define spoken word recognition (SWR) as, roughly, the processes
intervening between speech perception and sentence processing, whereby a sequence of …

Word learning is a crucial aspect of human development that depends on the formation and
consolidation of novel memory traces. In this paper, we critically review the behavioural …

In this paper, we discuss key characteristics and typical experimental designs of the visual-
world paradigm and compare different methods of analysing eye-movement data. We …

In language comprehension, listeners expect a speaker to be consistent in their word choice
for labeling the same object. For instance, if a speaker previously refers to a piece of …

When a homonym (eg, bark) is encountered in a sentential context that biases its
interpretation towards a less frequent meaning, subsequent interpretations of the word are …

Recent studies have documented substantial variability among typical listeners in how
gradiently they categorize speech sounds, and this variability in categorization gradience …

Background It remains unclear how embodiment and conceptual metaphor play a role in
second language (L2) lexical tone learning. Aims The present study aimed to examine the …

Research on input processing and processing instruction has often employed a scoring
method known as trials to criterion to observe the effects of instruction that emerge during …

Does saying a novel word help to recognize it later? Previous research on the effect of
production on this aspect of word learning is inconclusive, as both facilitatory and …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that second language (L2) comprehension is often
accompanied by activations in the first language (L1). Using both behavioral measurement …