Response Time Distributional Evidence for Distinct Varieties of Number Attraction

Autor/in	Staub, Adrian
Titel	Response Time Distributional Evidence for Distinct Varieties of Number Attraction
Quelle	In: Cognition, 114 (2010) 3, S.447-454 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2009.11.003
Schlagwörter	Reaction Time; Verbs; Nouns; Grammar; Cognitive Processes; Numbers; Error Patterns; Effect Size; Sentences; Cognitive Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reaktionsvermögen; Grammatik; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Zahlenraum; Fehlertyp; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Kognitive Psychologie
Abstract	Speakers are known to make subject-verb agreement errors both when a number-mismatching noun intervenes between the head of the subject phrase and the verb (e.g., "The key to the cabinets are on the table") and in configurations in which there is a number-mismatching noun that does not intervene (e.g., "The cabinets that the key open are on the second floor"). Using a two-choice response time (RT) paradigm, Staub (2009) found that correct agreement decisions were also slowed in both cases. The present article reports a new experiment designed to explore whether these two RT effects are qualitatively similar or different. Fitting of the ex-Gaussian distribution (Ratcliff, 1979) to individual subjects' RT data, in each condition, demonstrated that the effect of an intervening number attractor on correct RT is due to both a shifting of the distribution to the right and to increased skewing, while the effect of a non-intervening attractor is almost entirely a skewing effect. A non-parametric vincentizing procedure supported these conclusions. These findings are taken to support the view that these two types of number attraction involve distinct processing mechanisms. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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