Prediction is often regarded as an integral aspect of incremental language comprehension,
but little is known about the cognitive architectures and mechanisms that support it. We …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

Single words are easier to identify in a briefly presented syntactically correct word sequence
compared with a scrambled version of the same set of words: a sentence superiority effect …

We used Magnetoencephalography (MEG) in combination with Representational Similarity
Analysis to probe neural activity associated with distinct, item-specific lexico-semantic …

Abstract Pre-stimulus alpha (8–12 Hz) and beta (16–20 Hz) oscillations have been
frequently linked to the prediction of upcoming sensory input. Do these frequency bands …

Language processing requires memory retrieval to integrate current input with previous
context and making predictions about upcoming input. We propose that prediction and …

Predicting upcoming events is a critical function of the brain, and language provides a fertile
testing ground for studying prediction, as comprehenders use context to predict features of …

Using magnetoencephalography, the current study examined gamma activity associated
with language prediction. Participants read high-and low-constraining sentences in which …

When reading, comprehenders construct a message‐level representation and integrate new
information as it becomes available. Such compositional processing may differ for idioms …

Ample evidence has shown facilitations of context-based prediction on language
comprehension. However, the influential effect of working memory capacity on this predictive …