CRC 1287 Collaborative Research Centre 1287 Limits of Variability in Language: Cognitive, Computational, and Grammatical Aspects

Project B02

in Phase 2

The link between production and comprehension. Insights from aphasia.

PI(s): PD Dr. Frank Burchert & Dr. Nicole Stadie

In this project we aim to gain insights about the relationship between comprehension and production from language impairments in aphasia. We address the production-comprehension link from two perspectives: 1) modality-specific language impairments and 2) structural predictions during sentence comprehension. Regarding the production-comprehension link, we hypothesize that the functioning of the production system is dependent on the intactness of the comprehension system, thus it also affects the ability to make predictions. These insights are theoretically important as they further elucidate the precise link between the two language modalities and are crucial for models of structural predictions.

in Phase 1

Understanding variability and its limits in impaired and unimpaired sentence comprehension

PI(s): Prof. Dr. Shravan Vasishth & PD Dr. Frank Burchert & Dr. phil. Nicole Stadie

This project aims to identify the constraints that determine sentence comprehension difficulty in healthy and aphasic participants; we will focus on understanding the sources of inter- and intra-individual variability and stability in performance. We will use both computational modelling and experimental research to achieve these goals. A longer-term goal is to investigate whether and to what extent aphasic patients can benefit from our empirical and modelling work through the development of impairment-specific treatment protocols.

Papers

Author(s)TitleYearPublished inLinks
Mätzig P., Vasishth, S., Engelmann, F.,  Caplan, D., & Burchert, F.A computational investigation of sources of variability in sentence comprehension difficulty in aphasia.2018Topics in Cognitive Science, 10(1), 161-174.
Neise, R., Pregla, D., & Stadie, N.Entwicklung eines neurolinguistischen Befunds zum Satzverstehen.2019T. Fritzsche, S. Breitenstein, H. Wunderlich, L. Ferchland, & R. Krug (Eds.), Spektrum Patholinguistik - Nur ein Wort? Diagnostik und Therapie von Wortabrufstörungen bei Kindern und Erwachsenen (Vol. 13, pp. 179-193). Potsdam: Universitätsverlag.
Adelt, A., Burchert, F., Adani, F., & Stadie, N. What matters in processing German object relative clauses in aphasia - timing or morpho-syntactic cues?2019Aphasiology, 34(8), 970–998.
Haendler, Y., Lassotta, R., Adelt, A., Stadie, N., Burchert, F., & Adani, F.Bayesian Analysis as Alternative to Frequentist Methods: A Demonstration with Data from Language-Impaired Children's Relative Clause Processing.2020In M. M. Brown & A. Kohut (Eds.), BUCLD 44: Proceedings of the 44th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 168-181). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Lissón, P., Pregla, D., Nicenboim, B., Paape, D., van het Nederend, M. L., Burchert, F., Stadie, N., Caplan, D., & Vasishth, S.A computational evaluation of two models of retrieval processes in sentence processing in aphasia.2021Cognitive Science, 45(4), e12956.
Pregla, D., Lissón, P., Vasishth, S., Burchert, F., & Stadie, N.Variability in sentence comprehension in aphasia in German.2021Brain and Language, 222, 105008.
Pregla, D., Burchert, F., & Stadie, N.Adaptation in der Verarbeitung von Sätzen bei Personen mit und ohne sprachliche Beeinträchtigungen.2022Neurologie & Rehabilitation, 28(2), 78-84.
Pregla, D., Vasishth, S., Lissón, P., Stadie, N., & Burchert, F.Can the resource reduction hypothesis explain sentence processing in aphasia? A visual world study in German.2022Brain and Language, 235, 105204.
Lissón Hernández, P. J.Computational models of sentence comprehension in aphasia.2022PhD Thesis. Potsdam: Universitätsverlag Potsdam.
Lampe, L.F., Hameau, S., & Nickels, L.Are they really stronger? Comparing effects of semantic variables in speeded deadline and standard picture naming.2022Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Advance online publication.
Nickels, L., Lampe, L.F., Mason, C., & Hameau, S.Investigating the influence of semantic factors on word retrieval: Reservations, results and recommendations.2022Cognitive Neuropsychology
Lissón, P., Paape, D., Pregla, D., Burchert, F., Stadie, N., & Vasishth, S.Similarity-based interference in sentence comprehension in aphasia: A computational evaluation of two models of cue-based retrieval.2023Computational Brain & Behavior, 6, 473–502.
Pregla, D.Variability in sentence processing performance in German people with aphasia and unimpaired German native speakers. 2023PhD Thesis. Potsdam: Universitätsverlag Potsdam.
Lampe, L. F., Zarifyan, M., Hameau, S., & Nickels, L.Why is a flamingo named as pelican and asparagus as celery? Understanding the relationship between targets and errors in a speeded picture naming task.2024Cognitive Neuropsychology, 41(1-2), 18-50.
Papoutsi, C., Tourtouri, E. N., Piai, V., Lampe, L. F., & Meyer, A. S.Fast and slow errors: What naming latencies of errors reveal about the interplay of attentional control and word planning in speeded picture naming. 2025Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Advance online publication.

Talks

Author(s)TitleYearPublished inLinks
Pregla, D., Burchert, F., Vasishth, S., & Stadie, N.Verständnis von Kontrollstrukturen bei sprachgesunden Probanden.2018Poster presented at the 18. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Aphasieforschung und -behnadlung (GAB), Munich, Germany. 01 - 03 November.
Pregla, D., Burchert, F., Vasishth, S., & Stadie, N.Object control is easier than subject control: Findings from a self-paced listening experiment with German healthy adults.2018Poster presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Montréal, QC, Canada. 21 - 23 October.
Pregla, D., Burchert, F., Vasishth, S., & Stadie, N.Interference effects in the processing of control structures in German healthy adults.2018Poster presented at the XiX Science of Aphasia conference (SoA 2018), Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo I.R.C.C.S., Venice, Italy. 18 - 22 September.
Lissón, P., Nicenboim, B., Vasishth, S., & Paape, D.Models of retrieval in sentence comprehension in aphasia.2019Poster presented at the StanCon 2019, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. 22-23 August.
Lissón, P., van het Nederend, M., Pregla, D., Vasishth, S., Nicenboim, B., & Paape, D.Competing models of retrieval in sentence processing: the case of aphasia.2019Poster presented at the 25th Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing Conference AMLaP), Moscow, Russia. 07 September.
Neise, R., Pregla, D., & Stadie, N.Entwicklung eines neurolinguistischen Befundes zum Satzverstehen.2019Poster presented at the 13. Herbstreffen Patholinguisik, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. 16 November.
Pregla, D., Burchert, F., Vasishth, S., & Stadie, N.Variabilität im Verständnis von Sätzen mit Kontrollverben bei Aphasie.2019Paper presented at the 19. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Aphasieforschung und -behandlung (GAB), Leipzig, Germany. 31 October - 02 November.
Pregla, D., Stadie, N., Burchert, F., & Vasishth, S.Processing of control structures in German in the light of cue-based retrieval.2019Poster presented at the Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP 2019), Moscow, Russia. 06 - 08 September.
Vasishth, S.Computational models of retrieval processes in sentence comprehension: Understanding sources of variability in unimpaired and impaired populations.2019Paper presented at the 1st CRC Networking Workshop: Language Processing, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. 14-15 February.
Lissón, P., Pregla, D., Paape, D., Nicenboim, B., Stadie, N., Burchert, F., & Vasishth, S.Computational models of retrieval processes in sentence comprehension in aphasia.2020Paper presented at the 26th Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP 2020), University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. 03-05 September
Pregla, D., Lissón, P., Vasishth, S., Burchert, F., & Stadie, N.Sentence comprehension in German speaking individuals with aphasia: A study using varying structures, tasks and test points.2020Poster presented at the 26th Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP 2020), University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. 03-05 September.
Pregla, D., Burchert, F., & Stadie, N.Adaptation während der Satzverarbeitung bei sprachbeeinträchtigten und sprachgesunden Menschen.2021Paper presented at the 20. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Aphasieforschung und -behandlung (GAB), Online. 07 - 09 Oktober 2021.
Pregla, D., Lissón, P., Vasishth, S., Burchert, F., & Stadie, N.Sentence comprehension difficulty in language impaired and unimpaired adults in German: Implications for surprisal and adaptation accounts.2021Paper presented at the 3rd CRC Networking Workshop: Relation of Prominence, Surprisal and Information Structure, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. 15-16 July.
Lampe, L. F., Pregla, D., Stadie, N., & Burchert, F. An online investigation of syntactic prediction in aphasia in German – Pilot data from neurotypical participants.2022Poster presented at the Science of Aphasia conference (SoA 2022), University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. 12 - 15 September.
Pregla, D., Burchert, F., Lissón, P., Vasishth, S., Lampe, L. F., & Stadie, N.Do individuals with aphasia show adaptation in online sentence processing? A self-paced listening experiment in German.2022Poster presented at the Science of Aphasia conference (SoA 2022), University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. 12 - 15 September.
Lampe, L., Pregla, D., Burchert, F., & Stadie, N.A novel task assessing inner speech at the sentence level in individuals with and without aphasia.2023Poster presented at the 61st Annual Academy of Aphasia Meeting, University of Reading, Reading, UK. 21 - 23 October.
Wilde, A., Stadie, N., Burchert, F., & Lampe, L.Sentence Production and Working Memory in Aphasia: Investigation of Free and Elicited Sentence Production. 2023Poster presented at the Science Of Aphasia (SOA), Nizza, France. 18-21 September.
Pregla, D., Lampe, L., Stadie, N., & Burchert, F.Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen Satzverständnis und Satzproduktion bei Personen mit Aphasie?2024Poster presented at the 23. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Aphasieforschung und -behandlung (GAB), Leipzig, Germany. 14 – 16 November.
Lampe, L., Pregla, D., Burchert, F., & Stadie, N.Syntax in sentence production and comprehension: shared or modality-specific? 2024Poster presented at the International Workshop on Language Production (IWoLP 2024), Marseille, France. 26 - 28 June.
Contact
University of Potsdam
Department Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Doreen Georgi
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25
House 14, Room 3.33
14476 Potsdam

(+49) 331 977-2968
doreen.georgi@uni-potsdam.de
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