Publications by authors named "Emily J Darley"
Article Synopsis
- There is strong evidence that sentences are parsed incrementally, but negation complicates this process; previous studies show that making a negative sentence more contextually appropriate can ease processing.
- The researchers conducted three experiments to explore how predictability of sentence components affects comprehension of negative sentences, measuring participants' accuracy and response times.
- Results indicated that negative sentences consistently caused processing difficulties, even when contextual factors were controlled, leading to a new understanding of how word meanings conflict with the overall meaning in negation.
