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The cause of processing cost and the role of inhibitory control in language comprehension

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00587
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionSeijo University

Principal Investigator

Manabu Arai  成城大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (20568860)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 馬塚 れい子  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 脳神経科学研究センター, チームリーダー (00392126)
大石 衡聴  立命館大学, 総合心理学部, 准教授 (40469896)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords抑制制御 / 実行機能 / 眼球運動 / 事象関連電位 / 読み時間 / 解釈不成立 / 眼球運動測定 / 視覚世界パラダイム / 干渉抑制 / ガーデンパス文 / 意味逸脱 / 予測処理 / 抑制機能 / 予測的眼球運動 / 言語理解 / 文処理 / 予測 / 読み / 言語発達
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We explored the cause of processing cost in language comprehension using the methodologies measuring eye-movements and event-related potentials. Specifically, we focused on two distinct factors for processing difficulty: prediction error and semantic anomaly. Our hypothesis is that the suppression function is directly related to the processing of semantic anomaly, not that of prediction error per se. Our results showed that processing difficulty associated with structural misanalysis persisted in trying to produce a meaningful interpretation when the misanalysis was semantically anomalous. We also observed a significant interaction between the magnitude of processing difficulty and the executive function ability of individual participants.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

実行機能の一つである抑制機能は学習・発達、また言語の機能において重要な役割を担っている。言語の理解における抑制機能の役割を正確に把握することで、子供の言語能力の発達過程において弊害となる要因、また成人の言語理解において処理困難を引き起こす要因の解明に繋がるため、その知見は言語の習得・発達・学習全般の理解において非常に有益であると考えられる。本研究では、曖昧性を含む文の誤分析において解釈が成立しない意味逸脱が存在する場合、確率を正しく見積もることができず処理困難が生じ、その誤分析への固執を抑え正しい解釈を採択するためには抑制機能が必要とされることを明らかにした。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2018

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 構造的曖昧文の理解における意味的整合性と解釈成立可能性の影響2023

    • Author(s)
      新井学
    • Journal Title

      成城大学経済研究

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Role of Prediction Error in Second Language Learning2022

    • Author(s)
      新井学
    • Journal Title

      Second Language

      Volume: 21 Issue: 0 Pages: 89-113

    • DOI

      10.11431/secondlanguage.21.0_89

    • ISSN
      1347-278X, 2187-0047
    • Year and Date
      2022-12-15
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Instagramの利用と幸福度の関係における社会的比較と承認欲求の影響2022

    • Author(s)
      新井 学
    • Journal Title

      成城大学経済研究

      Volume: 235 Pages: 173-193

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Lexically independent representation of the monotransitive structure2021

    • Author(s)
      Arai, M., & Van Gompel, R. P. G.
    • Journal Title

      Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

      Volume: in press Issue: 9 Pages: 1773-1789

    • DOI

      10.1177/17470218211061225

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] An Extra Cue Is Beneficial for Native Speakers but Can Be Disruptive for Second Language Learners: Integration of Prosody and Visual Context in Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution2020

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura Chie、Arai Manabu、Hirose Yuki、Flynn Suzanne
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 10 Pages: 2835-2835

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02835

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Structural priming in bilinguals2018

    • Author(s)
      Roger P. G. van Gompel and Manabu Arai
    • Journal Title

      Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

      Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Pages: 448-455

    • DOI

      10.1017/s1366728917000542

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 第二言語習得における予測エラーの役割2021

    • Author(s)
      新井 学
    • Organizer
      第20回日本第二言語習得学会国際年次大会(J-SLA2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of children's ability to predict and revise during language comprehension and its relation to their inhibitory control2020

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Arai, Saki Tsumura, and Reiko Mazuka
    • Organizer
      THE 26TH ARCHITECTURES AND MECHANISMS FOR LANGUAGE PROCESSING CONFERENCE
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 子どもの言語理解能力の発達と抑制機能の関係性2020

    • Author(s)
      津村早紀,新井学,馬塚れい子
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会第160回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Relationship between the Processing of Semantically Anomalous Interpretation and Suppression Mechanism2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Arai
    • Organizer
      Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How does suppression mechanism help language comprehension?2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Arai
    • Organizer
      思考と言語研究会(TL)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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