The Unfolding of Cognitive Effort During Sentence Processing: Pupillometric Evidence From People With and Without Aphasia

• Published in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research Vol. 64; no. 12; pp. 4900 - 4917
• Main Authors: Chapman, Laura Roche, Hallowell, Brooke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Analysis; Anatomy; Aphasia; Aphasia - psychology; Arousal Patterns; Attention; Barriers; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive Processes; Comprehension; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Evidence; Grammar, Comparative and general; Humans; Individual Differences; Language; Language disorders; Language Impairments; Language processing; Language Tests; Language thought relationship; Measures (Individuals); Memory; Motor Reactions; Networks; Neurological Organization; Observations; Psychophysiology; Pupil (Eye); Sentences; Short Term Memory; Syntax; Virginia; Ohio

Purpose: Arousal and cognitive effort are relevant yet often overlooked components of attention during language processing. Pupillometry can be used to provide a psychophysiological index of arousal and cognitive effort. Given that much is unknown regarding the relationship between cognition and lan...