Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language

The first comprehensive guide to research methods and technologies in psycholinguistics and the neurobiology of language Bringing together contributions from a distinguished group of researchers and practitioners, editors Annette M. B. de Groot and Peter Hagoort explore the methods and technologies used by researchers of language acquisition, language processing, and communication, including: traditional observational and behavioral methods; computational modelling; corpus linguistics; and virtual reality. The book also examines neurobiological methods, including functional and structural neuroimaging and molecular genetics. Ideal for students engaged in the field, Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of various methods in relation to competing approaches.  It describes the apparatus involved, the nature of the stimuli and data used, and the data collection and analysis techniques for each method. Featuring numerous example studies, along with many full-color illustrations, this indispensable text will help readers gain a clear picture of the practices and tools described.  Brings together contributions from distinguished researchers across an array of related disciplines who explain the underlying assumptions and rationales of their research methods Describes the apparatus involved, the nature of the stimuli and data used, and the data collection and analysis techniques for each method Explores the relative strengths and weaknesses of various methods in relation to competing approaches Features numerous real-world examples, along with many full-color illustrations, to help readers gain a clear picture of the practices and tools described

List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Notes on Contributors x Preface xvi 1 Habituation Techniques 1 Christopher T. Fennell 2 Visual Preference Techniques 18 Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Melanie Soderstrom, Dilara Deniz Can, and Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek 3 Assessing Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary in Child Language 40 Virginia A. Marchman and Philip S. Dale 4 Eye‐Movement Tracking During Reading 68 Reinhold Kliegl and Jochen Laubrock 5 The Visual World Paradigm 89 Anne Pier Salverda and Michael K. Tanenhaus 6 Word Priming and Interference Paradigms 111 Zeshu Shao and Antje S. Meyer 7 Structural Priming 130 Holly P. Branigan and Catriona L. Gibb 8 Conversation Analysis 151 Elliott M. Hoey and Kobin H. Kendrick 9 Virtual Reality 174 Daniel Casasanto and Kyle M. Jasmin 10 Studying Psycholinguistics out of the Lab 190 Laura J. Speed, Ewelina Wnuk, and Asifa Majid 11 Computational Modeling 208 Ping Li and Xiaowei Zhao 12 Corpus Linguistics 230 Marc Brysbaert, Paweł Mandera, and Emmanuel Keuleers 13 Electrophysiological Methods 247 Joost Rommers and Kara D. Federmeier 14 Hemodynamic Methods: fMRI and fNIRS 266 Roel M. Willems and Alejandrina Cristia 15 Structural Neuroimaging 288 Stephanie J. Forkel and Marco Catani 16 Lesion Studies 310 Juliana V. Baldo and Nina F. Dronkers 17 Molecular Genetic Methods 330 Carolien G. F. de Kovel and Simon E. Fisher Index 354