Sentence Processing Laboratory

Papers and Conference Presentations

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Papers and Manuscripts

Gillespie, M. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2008).  Scope of planning in subject-verb agreement production. Manuscript submitted for publication. [PDF]

Solomon, E. S. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2005).  Forward versus backward agreement processing in comprehension. Manuscript in revision. [PDF]

Stanczak, L., Waters, G., Caplan, D., & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2005).  Neural correlates of semantic plausibility in sentence comprehension in high and low working memory groups. Manuscript in revision. [PDF]

Solomon, E. S. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2004).  Semantic integration and syntactic planning in language production. Cognitive Psychology, 49, 1-46. [PDF] [PS]
[Stimulus lists with norming data (PDF)]

Argaman, V. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2002).  Lexical semantics as a basis for argument structure frequency biases. In P. Merlo & S. Stevenson (Eds.), The lexical basis of sentence processing: Formal, computational and experimental perspectives (pp. 303-324). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [PDF] [PS]

Pearlmutter, N. J. & Gibson, E.  (2001).  Recency in verb phrase attachment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 27, 574-590. [PDF] [PS]

Gibson, E. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2000).  Distinguishing serial and parallel parsing. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 29, 231-240.

Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2000).  Linear versus hierarchical agreement feature processing in comprehension. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 29, 89-98. [PDF] [PS]

Pearlmutter, N. J. & Mendelsohn, A. A.  (2000).  Serial versus parallel sentence comprehension. Manuscript in revision. [PDF] [PS]

Gibson, E., Pearlmutter, N. J., & Torrens, V.  (1999).  Recency and lexical preferences in Spanish. Memory & Cognition, 27, 603-611. [PDF] [PS]

Miyamoto, E. T., Gibson, E., Pearlmutter, N. J., Aikawa, T., & Miyagawa, S.  (1999).  A U-shaped relative clause attachment preference in Japanese. Language and Cognitive Processes, 14, 663-686.

Pearlmutter, N. J.  (1999).  Problems with plausibility, and alternatives to working memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 109.

Pearlmutter, N. J., Garnsey, S. M., & Bock, K.  (1999).  Agreement processes in sentence comprehension. Journal of Memory and Language, 41, 427-456.

Gibson, E. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (1998).  Constraints on sentence processing. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2, 262-268. [PDF] [PS]

Garnsey, S. M., Pearlmutter, N. J., Myers, E., & Lotocky, M. A.  (1997).  The contributions of verb bias and plausibility to the comprehension of temporarily ambiguous sentences. Journal of Memory and Language, 37, 58-93.

Gibson, E., Pearlmutter, N. J., Canseco-Gonzalez, E., & Hickok, G.  (1996).  Recency preference in the human sentence processing mechanism. Cognition, 59, 23-59.

Pearlmutter, N. J. & MacDonald, M. C.  (1995).  Individual differences and probabilistic constraints in syntactic ambiguity resolution. Journal of Memory and Language, 34, 521-542.

MacDonald, M. C., Pearlmutter, N. J., & Seidenberg, M. S.  (1994).  The lexical nature of syntactic ambiguity resolution. Psychological Review, 101, 676-703.

Pearlmutter, N. J., Daugherty, K., MacDonald, M. C. & Seidenberg, M. S.  (1994).  Modeling the use of frequency and contextual biases in sentence processing. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 699-704. [PDF] [PS]

Selected Conference Presentations

Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2007).  Examination of a distributional account of recency effects in comprehension.  Poster presented at the 20th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, San Diego, CA.  [PDF]

Pearlmutter, N. J. & Solomon, E. S.  (2007).  Semantic integration and competition versus incrementality in planning complex noun phrases.  Paper presented at the 20th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, San Diego, CA.

Stanczak, L., Caplan, D. N., Kuperberg, G. R., Waters, G. S., Babbitt, L., Lee, J. M., & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2007).  BOLD signal correlations with plausibility in sentence comprehension.  Poster presented at the 2007 meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.  [PDF]

Stanczak, L., Caplan, D., Waters, G., Babbitt, L., Lee, J. M., Kuperberg, G., & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2007).  Working memory capacity interactions with plausibility task demands.  Poster presented at the 2007 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, New York, NY.  [PDF]

Geyer, A., Holcomb, P., Pearlmutter, N. J., & Kuperberg, G.  (2006).  Plausibility and sentence comprehension: An ERP study.  Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2006 conference, San Francisco, CA.

Pearlmutter, N. J. & Solomon, E. S.  (2006).  Semantic integration and the timecourse of planning complex noun phrases.  Poster presented at the 3rd International Workshop on Language Production, Chicago, IL.  [PDF]

Argaman, V. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2004).  Semantic category effects in sentence production.  Poster presented at the 17th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, College Park, MD.  [PDF]

Solomon, E. S. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2004).  Flexibility, simultaneity, and exchange errors in sentence production.  Poster presented at the 2004 meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.  [PDF]

Solomon, E. S. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2004).  Semantic integration and hierarchical feature-passing in sentence production.  Poster presented at the 17th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, College Park, MD.  [PDF]

Solomon, E. S. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2003).  Forward versus backward processing of subject-verb agreement in comprehension.  Poster presented at the 16th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, Cambridge, MA. [PDF]

Solomon, E. S. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2002).  The role of semantic integration in syntactic planning in production.  Paper presented at the 15th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, New York, NY.

Argaman, V., Mendelsohn, A., & Pasquino, J. N.  (2001).  Comparing spoken and written production of the object/subject closure ambiguity.  Poster presented at the 14th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Solomon, E. S. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (2001).  Syntactic planning, semantic integration, and subject-verb agreement.  Paper presented at the 14th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Argaman, V. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (1999).  Verb semantic category and argument structure frequency biases in syntactic ambiguity resolution. Poster presented at the 12th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, New York, NY.

Mendelsohn, A. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (1999).  Individual differences in relative clause attachment preferences. Poster presented at the 1999 meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Mendelsohn, A. & Pearlmutter, N. J.  (1999).  Individual differences in relative clause attachment preferences.  Poster presented at the 12th Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, New York, NY. [PDF] [PS]