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Do gestures retain mental associations with their iconic origins, even after they become emblematic? An analysis of the middle-finger gesture among American English speakers by Bergen, Benjamin K

“…What concepts and words do communicative gestures activate in the minds of people who view them? It's widely believed that many gestures grow from iconic…”
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Language Model Behavior: A Comprehensive Survey by Chang, Tyler A., Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…Abstract Transformer language models have received widespread public attention, yet their generated text is often surprising even to NLP researchers. In this…”
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Sentence-based mental simulations: Evidence from behavioral experiments using garden-path sentences by Schütt, Emanuel, Dudschig, Carolin, Bergen, Benjamin K., Kaup, Barbara

“…Language comprehenders activate mental representations of sensorimotor experiences related to the content of utterances they process. However, it is still…”
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Ignoring the alternatives: The N400 is sensitive to stimulus preactivation alone by Michaelov, James A., Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…The N400 component of the event-related brain potential is a neural signal of processing difficulty. In the language domain, it is widely believed to be…”
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When is a word in good company for learning? by Unger, Layla, Chang, Tyler, Savic, Olivera, Bergen, Benjamin K., Sloutsky, Vladimir M.

“…Although identifying the referents of single words is often cited as a key challenge for getting word learning off the ground, it overlooks the fact that young…”
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So Cloze Yet So Far: N400 Amplitude Is Better Predicted by Distributional Information Than Human Predictability Judgements by Michaelov, James A., Coulson, Seana, Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…More predictable words are easier to process-they are read faster and elicit smaller neural signals associated with processing difficulty, most notably, the…”
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Word Acquisition in Neural Language Models by Chang, Tyler A., Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…We investigate how neural language models acquire individual words during training, extracting learning curves and ages of acquisition for over 600 words on…”
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Does word knowledge account for the effect of world knowledge on pronoun interpretation? by Jones, Cameron R., Bergen, Benjamin

“…Abstract To what extent can statistical language knowledge account for the effects of world knowledge in language comprehension? We address this question by…”
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Writing direction affects how people map space onto time by Bergen, Benjamin K, Chan Lau, Ting Ting

“…What determines which spatial axis people use to represent time? We investigate effects of writing direction. English, like Mandarin Chinese in mainland China,…”
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Do Metaphors Move From Mind to Mouth? Evidence From a New System of Linguistic Metaphors for Time by Hendricks, Rose K., Bergen, Benjamin K., Marghetis, Tyler

“…Languages around the world use a recurring strategy to discuss concepts: describe them metaphorically, borrowing language from more concrete domains. We “plan…”
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The spatial alignment of time: Differences in alignment of deictic and sequence time along the sagittal and lateral axes by Walker, Esther J., Bergen, Benjamin K., Núñez, Rafael

“…People use space in a variety of ways to structure their thoughts about time. The present report focuses on the different ways that space is employed when…”
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Spatial and Linguistic Aspects of Visual Imagery in Sentence Comprehension by Bergen, Benjamin K., Lindsay, Shane, Matlock, Teenie, Narayanan, Srini

“…There is mounting evidence that language comprehension involves the activation of mental imagery of the content of utterances (Barsalou, 1999; Bergen, Chang, &…”
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Doing arithmetic by hand: Hand movements during exact arithmetic reveal systematic, dynamic spatial processing by Marghetis, Tyler, Núñez, Rafael, Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…Mathematics requires precise inferences about abstract objects inaccessible to perception. How is this possible? One proposal is that mathematical reasoning,…”
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The case of the missing pronouns: Does mentally simulated perspective play a functional role in the comprehension of person? by Sato, Manami, Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…► Explicit grammatical person modulates perspective of mental simulation. ► In Japanese, subject omission eliminates simulation perspective effects. ► Visual…”
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On the Mathematical Relationship Between Contextual Probability and N400 Amplitude by Michaelov, James A., Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…Accounts of human language comprehension propose different mathematical relationships between the contextual probability of a word and how difficult it is to…”
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Strong Prediction: Language Model Surprisal Explains Multiple N400 Effects by Michaelov, James A, Bardolph, Megan D, Van Petten, Cyma K, Bergen, Benjamin K, Coulson, Seana

“…Theoretical accounts of the N400 are divided as to whether the amplitude of the N400 response to a stimulus reflects the extent to which the stimulus was…”
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The Psychological Reality of Phonaesthemes by Bergen, Benjamin K

“…The psychological reality of English phonaesthemes is demonstrated through a priming experiment with native speakers of American English. Phonaesthemes are…”
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Metaphor priming in sentence production: Concrete pictures affect abstract language production by Sato, Manami, Schafer, Amy J., Bergen, Benjamin K.

“…People speak metaphorically about abstract concepts—for instance, a person can be “full of love” or “have a lot of love to give.” Over the past decade,…”
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Phonaesthemes: non-arbitrariness in the mental lexicon? by Bergen, Benjamin

“…For the most part, the sounds of words in a language are arbitrary, given their meanings. But in fact, there are two ways in which words can be non-arbitrary…”
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Impact of a Major Inflow Event on the Composition and Distribution of Bacterioplankton Communities in the Baltic Sea by Bergen, Benjamin, Naumann, Michael, Herlemann, Daniel P. R., Gräwe, Ulf, Labrenz, Matthias, Jürgens, Klaus

“…Major Baltic inflow (MBI) events carry highly saline water from the North Sea to the central Baltic Sea and thereby affect both its environmental conditions…”
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