Project B03
Modeling the control of eye-movements and sentence processing
PI(s): Prof. Dr. Ralf Engbert, Dr. Maximilian Michael Rabe & Prof. Dr. Shravan Vasishth
Project B03 investigates how syntactic processing and eye movement control in reading are linked. First, using cognitive modeling, our work will be based on a simplified version of the SEAM model (the first-ever computational model of eye-movement control during reading that integrates visual, attentional, lexical, and motor processes with post-lexical language processes via linguistic dependency completion). Second, in eye-tracking experiments, we will test the model against new benchmark data. Our model will incorporate the effects of surprisal as a new component and address individual differences through Bayesian hierarchical inference.
in Phase 2
Modelling the connection between eye-movement control, sentence processing, and brain signals
PI(s): Prof. Dr. Shravan Vasishth & Prof. Dr. Ralf Engbert & Prof. Dr. Milena Rabovsky-Schad
This project extends our previous mathematical modelling of the integration of eye-movement control and syntactic processing to include electrophysiological indicators during reading. We work with a process-oriented model in which prediction of behaviour is implemented at the level of individual subjects. As a long-term goal, we plan to also include neural processes in the model via electrophysiological markers to obtain a well-founded theoretical explanation of the dynamics of natural reading comprehension and its connection with individually variable eye movements and event-related potentials.
in Phase 1
Modelling the interaction between eye-movement control and parsing processes
PI(s): Prof. Dr. Ralf Engbert & Prof. Dr. Shravan Vasishth
This project aims to develop mathematical/computational models to investigate how eye movements and natural language parsing processes influence and interact with each other. Based on novel experimental designs and an integrated modeling approach, we will seek to explain how the dynamical interaction of subprocesses (vision, attention, parsing, sensorimotor control) generates the observed variability in language processing between and within participants under varying task demands.
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