When and where did it happen? Systematic differences in recall of core and optional sentence information

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F24%3A10493539" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/24:10493539 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11320/25:SA7CCY5Q

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Q.FI-B_7y1" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Q.FI-B_7y1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17470218231159190" target="_blank" >10.1177/17470218231159190</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

When and where did it happen? Systematic differences in recall of core and optional sentence information

Original language description

This article reports on four experiments aiming to examine immediate post-sentential recall of core sentence information (conveyed by direct objects), and optional/additional information (conveyed by temporal or locative adjuncts). Participants read simple and unambiguous Czech sentences such as Starsi duchodce velmi peclive procetl noviny v nedeli v knihovne: &quot;An older retiree read the newspaper very carefully on Sunday in the library.&quot; Sentences always appeared as a whole after pressing a space bar. Immediately after the sentence disappeared, an open-ended (free response) question was presented targeting either the direct object (e.g., newspaper), temporal adjunct (e.g., on Sunday), or locative adjunct (e.g., in the library). Altogether, it was found that the core information (conveyed by the direct object) was recalled almost perfectly, whereas additional information, conveyed by temporal and locative adjuncts, was recalled with significantly lower accuracy rates. Information structure also played a role: if the temporal or locative adjunct was focused, it was recalled better than if it was unfocused. The present article thus shows systematic differences in recall success for different pieces of information. These findings suggest the presence of selective attention mechanisms during early stages of sentence processing. Factors such as syntactic function or information structure influence the degree of attention to different pieces of information conveyed by a sentence. In turn, certain pieces of information may not be consciously accessible already after the sentence is processed.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

60203 - Linguistics

Project

—

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

ISSN

1747-0218

e-ISSN

1747-0226

Volume of the periodical

77

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

111-132

UT code for WoS article

000956608800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85151095473