Visual Context Modulates L2 Long‐Term Structural Priming for the Chinese Ba Construction

Structural Priming Is Supported By Different Components Of Non-Declarative Memory: Evidence From Priming Across The Lifespan

10.1101/190355 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Evelien Heyselaar ◽

Linda Wheeldon ◽

Katrien Segaert

Keyword(s):

Declarative Memory ◽

Syntactic Structure ◽

Experimental Session ◽

Structural Priming ◽

Short Term ◽

Priming Effects ◽

Age Related ◽

Conceptual Memory ◽

And Performance

AbstractStructural priming is the tendency to repeat syntactic structure across sentences and can be divided into short-term (prime to immediately following target) and long-term (across an experimental session) components. This study investigates how non-declarative memory could support both the transient, short-term and the persistent, long-term structural priming effects commonly seen in the literature. We propose that these characteristics are supported by different subcomponents of non-declarative memory: Perceptual and conceptual non-declarative memory respectively. Previous studies have suggested that these subcomponents age differently, with only conceptual memory showing age-related decline. By investigating how different components of structural priming vary across the lifespan, we aim to elucidate how non-declarative memory supports two seemingly different components of structural priming. In 167 participants ranging between 20 and 85 years old, we find no change in short-term priming magnitude and performance on perceptual tasks, whereas both long-term priming and conceptual memory vary with age. We suggest therefore that the two seemingly different components of structural priming are supported by different components of non-declarative memory. These findings have important implications for theoretical accounts of structural priming.

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Changes in task-extrinsic context do not affect the persistence of long-term cumulative structural priming

Acta Psychologica ◽

10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.09.007 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 141 (3) ◽

pp. 408-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Timothy J. Kutta ◽

Michael P. Kaschak

Keyword(s):

Structural Priming

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First language transfer and long-term structural priming in comprehension

Language and Cognitive Processes ◽

10.1080/01690960902872793 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 94-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Sanjo Nitschke ◽

Evan Kidd ◽

Ludovica Serratrice

Keyword(s):

First Language ◽

Language Transfer ◽

Structural Priming ◽

First Language Transfer

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Stability and plasticity of contextual modulation in the mouse visual cortex

10.1101/069880 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Adam Ranson

Keyword(s):

Visual Cortex ◽

Activity Level ◽

Visual Context ◽

Contextual Modulation ◽

Long Term Stability ◽

Highly Active ◽

Primary Sensory Cortex ◽

Excitatory Neurons ◽

Mouse Visual Cortex

SummaryActivity of neurons in primary sensory cortex is shaped by visual and behavioural context. However the long-term stability of the influence of contextual factors in the mature cortex remains poorly understood. To investigate this we used 2-photon calcium imaging to track the influence of surround suppression and locomotion on individual neurons over 14 days. We found that highly active excitatory neurons and PV+ interneurons exhibited relatively stable modulation by visual context. Similarly most neurons exhibited a stable yet distinct degree modulation by locomotion. In contrast less active excitatory neurons exhibited plasticity in visual context influence resulting in increased suppression. These findings suggest that the mature visual cortex possesses stable subnetworks of neurons, differentiated by cell-type and activity level, which have distinctive and stable interactions with sensory and behavioural context, as well as other less active and more labile neurons which are sensitive to visual experience.

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Long-term structural priming affects subsequent patterns of language production

Memory & Cognition ◽

10.3758/bf03193466 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 925-937 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Michael P. Kaschak

Keyword(s):

Language Production ◽

Structural Priming

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Verb-Based Effects in Long-Term Structural Priming

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e527342012-836 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Jacqueline M. Diehl ◽

Michael P. Kaschak

Keyword(s):

Structural Priming

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Patterns of experience with verbs affect long-term cumulative structural priming

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review ◽

10.3758/pbr.15.5.967 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

pp. 967-970 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Jacqueline M. Coyle ◽

Michael P. Kaschak

Keyword(s):

Structural Priming

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Structural priming in bilinguals

Bilingualism Language and Cognition ◽

10.1017/s1366728917000542 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 448-455 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

ROGER P. G. VAN GOMPEL ◽

MANABU ARAI

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Implicit Learning ◽

Mental Representation ◽

Structural Priming ◽

Learning Effects ◽

Syntactic Structures

In this review, we examine how structural priming has been used to investigate the representation of first and second language syntactic structures in bilinguals. Most experiments suggest that structures that are identical in the first and second language have a single, shared mental representation. The results from structures that are similar but not fully identical are less clear, but they may be explained by assuming that first and second language representations are merely connected rather than fully shared. Some research has also used structural priming to investigate the representation of cognate words. We will also consider whether cross-linguistic structural priming taps into long-term implicit learning effects. Finally, we discuss recent research that has investigated how second language syntactic representations develop as learners’ proficiency increases.

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