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Processing speech and thoughts during silent reading: Direct reference effects for speech by fictional characters in voice-selective auditory cortex and a Theory-of-Mind network
Stories transport readers into vivid imaginative worlds, but understanding how readers create such worlds—populating them with …
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The Glasgow Norms: Ratings of 5,500 words on nine scales
The Glasgow Norms are a set of normative ratings for 5,553 English words on nine psycholinguistic dimensions: arousal, valence, …
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Direct speech quotations promote low relative-clause attachment in silent reading of English
The implicit prosody hypothesis (Fodor, 1998, 2002) proposes that silent reading coincides with a default, implicit form of prosody to …
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‘It’s hard to write a good article’: The online comprehension of excuses as indirect replies
In an eye-tracking experiment, we examined how readers comprehend indirect replies when they are uttered in reply to a direct question. …
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Comprehension of indirect requests is influenced by their degree of imposition
In everyday conversation much communication is achieved using indirect language. This is particularly true when we utter requests. The …
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Differential emotional processing in concrete and abstract words
Emotion (positive and negative) words are typically recognized faster than neutral words. Recent research suggests that emotional …
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Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading
Contextual constraint is a key factor affecting a word’s fixation duration and its likelihood of being fixated during reading. Previous …
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Walking blindfolded unveils unique contributions of behavioural approach and inhibition to lateral spatial bias
Healthy individuals display a tendency to allocate attention unequally across space, and this bias has implications for how individuals …
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Emotion word processing: Does mood make a difference?
Visual emotion word processing has been in the focus of recent psycholinguistic research. In general, emotion words provoke …
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Familiarity with interest breeds gossip: Contributions of emotion, expectation, and reputation
Although gossip serves several important social functions, it has relatively infrequently been the topic of systematic investigation. …
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