Negative Sentences Exhibit a Sustained Effect in Delayed Verification Tasks

Autor/inn/en	Agmon, Galit; Loewenstein, Yonatan; Grodzinsky, Yosef
Titel	Negative Sentences Exhibit a Sustained Effect in Delayed Verification Tasks
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48 (2022) 1, S.122-141 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Agmon, Galit) ORCID (Loewenstein, Yonatan) ORCID (Grodzinsky, Yosef)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0001059
Schlagwörter	Sentence Structure; Task Analysis; Language Processing; Short Term Memory; Morphemes; Computer Assisted Testing; Decision Making; Reaction Time; Semitic Languages; Universities; Foreign Countries; Israel (Jerusalem) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Aufgabenanalyse; Sprachverarbeitung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Morphem; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Reaktionsvermögen; Arabisch; Hebräisch; University; Universität; Ausland
Abstract	Negated sentences are known to be more cognitively taxing than positive ones (i.e., "polarity effect"). We present evidence that two factors contribute to the polarity effect in verification tasks: processing the sentence and verifying its truth value. To quantify the relative contribution of each, we used a delayed verification task. The results show that even when participants are given a considerable amount of time for processing the sentence prior to verification, the polarity effect is not entirely eliminated. We suggest that this sustained effect stems from a retained negation-containing representation in working memory. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11