Eye movements and processing difficulty in object relative clauses

2010/04/28 by Adrian Staub · 244 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Cognition #Cognitive Functions and Memory #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Dependent clause #Linguistics #Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism #Noun #Noun phrase #Object (grammar) #Phrase #Psychology #Reading (process) #Reading and Literacy Development #Relative clause #Sentence #Sentence processing #Subject (documents) #Verb

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2010.04.002

published in Cognition 116(1), 71-86 (Elsevier BV)

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