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Ch.2 - The Science of Language Flashcards

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What is Psycholinguistics?

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The scientific study of cognitive processes involved in comprehending and producing language

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What is Latency?

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-The difference in time between the presentation of stimulus and initiation of response
-a.k.a., reaction time (RT)

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What is Accuracy and Error Rate?

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-The percentage of correct responses
-percentage of incorrect responses

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What is the Lexical Decision Task?

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-participants see strings of letters, decide as quickly as possible if it is a word
-word trials present strings like STEM or TIME
-non-word examples include strings like MOBE or SPEM

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What is a Nonword?

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a pronounceable letter string that just happens not to be a word in English
(ex. Mongi or Degna)

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What is Priming?

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-the implicit memory process
-recall is enhanced due to previous exposure

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Lexical Decision and Priming Example

  • Participants heard: “The gynmast loved the professor from the northwestern city (1) who (2) complained about the bad coffee.
  • Participants saw: “TEACHER” at (1) or (2)
  • The pronoun was a ____________ ____________ for “professor”
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memory trigger

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Lexical Decision and Priming can test ___________ ___________ in patients with aphasia.

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syntactic processing

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What is immediate recall?

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-having no time lapses between stimulus and response
-tests short-term memory

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What is delayed recall?

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-having a time-lapse of several minutes or more between stimulus and response
-tests long-term memory

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What is free recall?

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-repeating items in any order

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What is serial recall?

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-repeating items in exact order

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What is the primacy and recency effects?

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-the first and last items in a list are recalled best
-middle items least recalled

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How does implicit learning take place?

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outside of conscious awareness

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In the artificial grammar learning task, Reber (1967)…

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  • had participants study lists of letter strings in the learning phase (pabikutibudodaropi)
  • participants are told the strings are generated from artificial grammar
  • participants indicate whether novel strings are grammatical or not in the test phase
  • only respond yes or no
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What is Saccade?

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the quick movement of eyes while reading

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What is Fixation?

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the momentary gaze of eyes on a single location

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What is Regression?

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the movement of eyes back to a previously viewed location

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What is the Brain Stem and what does it do?

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the interior portion of brain, regulates body functions

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What is the Cerebellum and what does it do?

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walnut-sized section behind the brainstem, coordinates movement

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What is the Corpus callosum and what does it do?

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the band of fibers connecting the right and left hemispheres

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What is the Cerebral cortex and what does it do?

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the outer covering of the brain, manages mental functions giving rise to consciousness

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What is the Occipital lobe and its function?

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Lobe located at the back of the head that processes visual input

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What is the Temporal lobe and its function?

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Lobes on the sides of the head that processes auditory input and object recognition

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What is the Parietal lobe?

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Lobe of the brain located on the top of the head that processes body position and navigation through space

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What is the Frontal lobe and its function?

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Lobe of the brain located at the front of the head that manages motor movement, planning, and decision making

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Lateralization is the idea that some cognitive functions are processed mainly in ____ hemisphere. Traditional language areas are processed in the ______ hemisphere.

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one; left

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What is Broca’s area and its function?

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An area in the left frontal lobe that controls speech production

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How is Broca’s aphasia characterized?

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by halting, effortful speech but with good comprehension

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What is Wernicke’s area and its function?

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An area in the left temporal lobe that controls speech production

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How is Wernicke’s aphasia characterized?

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by “word salad” speech production with poor comprehension

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Describe subcortical structures as a whole and name them

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-A brain structure located below the cerebral cortex
1)Hippocampus
2) Amygdala
3) Basal Ganglia

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What is the (1) Hippocampus? (subcortical structures)

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-Found in the temporal lobe and controls memory and learning

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What is the (2) Amygdala? (subcortical structures)

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-Found in the temporal lobe and controls emotion and memory

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What is the (3) Basal Ganglia? (subcortical structures)

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-Found at the base of the forebrain and controls procedural learning and routine actions

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What does an Electroencephalography (EEG) do?

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  • it records voltage fluctuations at the scalp
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What is an event-related potential (ERP)?

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  • a waveform extracted from EEG that signifies cognitive process
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What is the N400?

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An ERP characterized by the negative peak signaling semantic anomaly

“I TAKE MY COFFEE WITH CREAM AND DOG”

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What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET)?

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  • it tracks a mildly radioactive substance injected into the bloodstream
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What is Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?

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  • it uses magnetic properties to track backflow

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