New paper: When nothing goes right, go left: A large-scale evaluation of bidirectional self-paced reading

 Here's an interesting and important new paper led by the inimitable Dario Paape:

Title: When nothing goes right, go left: A large-scale evaluation of bidirectional self-paced reading

Download from: here.

Abstract: 

In two web-based experiments, we evaluated the bidirectional self-paced reading (BSPR) paradigm recently proposed by Paape and Vasishth (2021). We used four sentence types: NP/Z garden-path sentences, RRC garden-path sentences, sentences containing inconsistent discourse continuations, and sentences containing reflexive anaphors with feature-matching but grammatically unavailable antecedents. Our results show that regressions in BSPR are associated with a decrease in positive acceptability judgments. Across all sentence types, we observed online reading patterns that are consistent with the existing eye-tracking literature. NP/Z but not RRC garden-path sentences also showed some indication of selective rereading, as predicted by the selective reanalysis hypothesis of Frazier and Rayner (1982). However, selective rereading was associated with decreased rather than increased sentence acceptability, which is not in line with the selective reanalysis hypothesis. We discuss the implications regarding the connection between selective rereading and conscious awareness, and for the use of BSPR in general.

New paper on the reproducibility of JML articles (2019-21) after the open data policy was introduced

 New paper by Anna Laurinavichyute and me:

The (ir)reproducibility of published analyses: A case study of 57 JML articles published between 2019 and 2021

Download from: https://psyarxiv.com/hf297/

Special issue in the journal Linguistics on the Replication Crisis

 

Applications are open: 2022 summer school on stats methods for ling and psych

 Applications are now open for the sixth SMLP summer school, to be held in person (hopefully) in the Griebnitzsee campus of the University of Potsdam, Germany, 12-16 Sept 2022.

Apply here: https://vasishth.github.io/smlp2022/

SAFAL 2: The Second South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (30-31 August, 2021)

SAFAL 2: The Second South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (30-31 August, 2021

Details: https://sites.google.com/view/safal2021/home

The first South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (SAFAL) highlighted the need to provide a platform for showcasing and discussing acquisition and processing research in the context of South Asian languages. The second edition aims to build on this endeavour.

Following the first edition, the Second South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (SAFAL) aims to provide a platform to exchange research on sentence processing, verbal semantics, computational modeling, corpus-based psycholinguistics, neurobiology of language, and child language acquisition, among others, in the context of the subcontinent's linguistic landscape.

Invited speakers:

Sakshi Bhatia is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Central University of Rajasthan. Her research areas include syntax, psycholinguistics and the syntax-psycholinguistics interface

Kamal Choudhary is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. His research areas include neurobiology of language and syntactic typology.