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A cognitive load delays predictive eye movements similarly during L1 and L2 comprehension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2017

AINE ITO Open the ORCID record for AINE ITO [Opens in a new window] ,
MARTIN CORLEY  and
MARTIN J. PICKERING
AINE ITO*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
MARTIN CORLEY
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
MARTIN J. PICKERING
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Address for correspondence: Aine Ito, Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford, OX1 2HG, United Kingdomaine.ito@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk
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Abstract

We used the visual world eye-tracking paradigm to investigate the effects of cognitive load on predictive eye movements in L1 (Experiment 1) and L2 (Experiment 2) speakers. Participants listened to sentences whose verb was predictive or non-predictive towards one of four objects they were viewing. They then clicked on a mentioned object. Half the participants additionally performed a working memory task of remembering words. Both L1 and L2 speakers looked more at the target object predictively in predictable- than in non-predictable sentences when they performed the listen-and-click task only. However, this predictability effect was delayed in those who performed the concurrent memory task. This pattern of results was similar in L1 and L2 speakers. L1 and L2 speakers make predictions, but cognitive resources are required for making predictive eye movements. The findings are compatible with the claim that L2 speakers use the same mechanisms as L1 speakers to make predictions.

Keywords

predictionworking memorybilingualismcomprehensionvisual worldeye-tracking
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , March 2018 , pp. 251 - 264
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Footnotes

*We would like to thank Madeleine Beveridge for help creating and recording the stimuli.

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