Manon Spigarelli, Laura Chabot, Flora Handfield, Tania Zampini, Audrey Lalancette, Hugo Massé-Alarie, Maximiliano A Wilson
{"title":"Quebec French Action-Naming Database with Video Stimuli.","authors":"Manon Spigarelli, Laura Chabot, Flora Handfield, Tania Zampini, Audrey Lalancette, Hugo Massé-Alarie, Maximiliano A Wilson","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10241-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10241-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most psycholinguistic research on action naming has relied on static pictures, even though actions are by nature dynamic events. To overcome this limitation, the present study introduces the first open-access video database developed for French speakers of Quebec, Canada. The corpus includes 136 short video clips depicting everyday actions. Each video was normed for five psycholinguistic variables: name agreement (NA), entropy (H-statistic), response latency, uniqueness naming point-the moment at which an action becomes unambiguously identifiable-and adjusted response latency. Data were collected from 93 native French speakers of Quebec. Most actions elicited consistent name agreement (mean NA = 80.73%), while the mean entropy value (H-statistic = 0.84) reflected the lexical diversity typical of Quebec French. This freely available video-based normative resource offers a dynamic, culturally adapted tool for studying verb processing and supports both clinical applications and experimental investigations in psycholinguistics.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147640247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuebin Wang, Aitao Lu, Kexin Li, Siyi Liu, Ruchen Deng
{"title":"Reactive Language Control: Unraveling Its Domain-General Impact in Executive Control Through the Monitoring Mechanism and Cross-Task Adaptation Evidence.","authors":"Xuebin Wang, Aitao Lu, Kexin Li, Siyi Liu, Ruchen Deng","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10233-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10233-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, some researchers propose to investigate the effect of proactive language control on executive control by examining the role language contexts might play. However, whether the reactive language control also drives the effect remains unclear. The present study adopts the cross-task adaptation design to compare the influence of language context and nonverbal context on executive control in the sample of unbalanced Chinese-English bilinguals. We interleaved closely matched language switching tasks and nonverbal switching tasks with executive control tasks (Stroop task in Experiment 1 and Global-Local task in Experiment 2). Results showed the conflict adaptation effect of reactive cognitive control within the language context, but not within the nonverbal context. Moreover, this effect was observed under both congruent and incongruent executive control trials. Taken together, these results indicate the contribution of reactive language control to executive control, and the monitoring mechanism establishes a bridge connecting executive control and reactive language control during language production.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147640189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Sensorimotor Strength in Understanding Chinese Concepts.","authors":"Dongcheng Xie, Jin Xue, Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10231-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10231-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Introduction Sensorimotor experience plays a crucial role in the conceptual representation within our language system. Recently, numerous studies have explored the significance of perceptual and motor experiences in comprehending concepts across various languages. Methods To examine how sensorimotor experiences contribute to conceptual processing in Chinese, 137 native speakers of Chinese performed a rating task to evaluate the relevance of perceptual modalities and action effectors for a list of Chinese concepts. Results This study revealed correlations between perceptual modalities and action effectors. The sensorimotor grounding of Chinese concepts is organized into three functionally distinct domains, reflecting embodied semantic clusters. Specifically, the first domain encompasses dimensions related to the foot/leg, torso, hand/arm, visual, and haptic modalities. The second domain integrates the mouth/throat, gustatory, and olfactory dimensions. The third domain comprises dimensions related to the head, auditory, and interoceptive modalities. In Bayesian linear regression, the models for the hand/arm, gustatory, and head modalities demonstrate strong predictive capabilities within their respective domains. Discussion These findings show that conceptual representation in Chinese is systematically organized along distinct embodied sensorimotor domains. It provides further evidence for the embodiment of language processing in Chinese, thus reinforcing the notion that bodily experiences are integral to linguistic comprehension and representation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147628907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Perceptual Fluency and Schema Congruence Manipulation with Hetero- and Homosexual Characters: Are Gender Schemas more Entrenched than Sexuality?","authors":"Emalie Hendel, Annie Roy-Charland, Denis Vaillancourt, Joël Dickinson","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10229-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10229-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Individually, perceptual fluency and schema congruence can either increase or hinder the processing of encountered information relating to gender and sexuality stereotypes. Reading speeds decrease when processing schema incongruent information, and information is more negatively judged when presented disfluently. The current study sought to explore the combined relationship of perceptual fluency and schema-congruence on judgements of gender and sexuality schemas. We looked at their respective impacts when encountering textual information about hetero- and homosexual characters described with either masculine/feminine attributes, and fluent/disfluent presentation. Processing speed was inferred with eye-tracking measures and judgements were made using attribute scales. Results suggest gender schemas are more entrenched than schemas of sexuality when processing information of female characters. Significantly slower reading speeds were observed for trials containing lesbian women compared to straight women characters when presented with information that, although congruent with the sexuality schema of “lesbian”, was gender incongruent the “women” gender role.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147619145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Frequency, Effectiveness and Contribution of Morphological Knowledge Use in Morpheme Spelling Among French-Speaking Fourth Graders.","authors":"Anila Fejzo, Rihab Saidane, Kathleen Whissell-Turner","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10222-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10222-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study examined how frequently children report using morphological knowledge and the extent to which such use influences morpheme spelling accuracy. One hundred fifty-one French-speaking fourth graders were asked to spell polymorphemic words containing inconsistent graphemes in prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Following the spelling task, participants were asked to explain how they spelled the target morphemes. Multilevel logistic regression analyses (GLIMMIX) revealed that fourth graders relied most heavily on morphological knowledge when spelling morphemes. Moreover, morpheme spelling was 16.5 times more accurate when morphological knowledge was used compared to other spelling strategies or the absence of an identifiable strategy. Importantly, the effectiveness of morphological strategy use did not differ significantly across morpheme categories. Overall, these findings provide evidence for the role of morphological knowledge in morpheme spelling and contribute to refining models of spelling. Implications for research and educational practice are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147619159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grasping the Logic Behind: Three- and Four-year-olds' Understanding of Major Types of Chinese Connectives.","authors":"Siying Liu, Xun Li, Yunting Wang","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10227-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10227-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Logical connectives are key in language development because they help children interpret and produce complex sentences. The understanding of connectives also reflects how well children master basic logical relations hence sheds light on the emergence of more advanced cognitive abilities. The present study assessed 3- and 4-year-olds’ understanding of four types of connectives in Chinese. Sixty children watched puppet shows during which they had to identify the target puppet according to sentences that contained connectives. Eye-tracking results indicated that 3-year-olds could comprehend all coordinate connectives and two conditional connectives but not selective and adversative ones while 4-year-olds showed basic understanding of all types of connectives. These findings provide preliminary evidence that the understanding of commonly used Chinese connectives and logical relations advances during the third and fourth year of development.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147619092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Delayed Aspectual Computation in Japanese: Evidence from Reduplicated Ideophones.","authors":"Shoko Shida, Natuno Aoki, Kentaro Nakatani","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10218-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10218-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the time course of aspectual computation in Japanese, employing a novel design utilizing ideophones as aspectual operators. We tested two competing hypotheses: one posits that aspectual computation occurs incrementally upon encountering aspect-related expressions, while the other suggests that computation is delayed until the entire predicate or clause is processed. Taking advantage of the strictly verb-final word order of Japanese, we manipulated aspect-related elements in preverbal positions to test these possibilities. Specifically, we contrasted simplex and reduplicated ideophones, which function as iterative operators, to manipulate single versus repeated event interpretations while keeping the verb constant. This design allows iterativity to be varied independently of verb semantics, avoiding confounds associated with verb-specific default interpretations. In two self-paced reading experiments, we examined the processing of aspectual mismatches between ideophones (simplex vs. reduplicated) and temporal adverbials (durative vs. non-durative), both placed before the verb, and found a significant interaction of the two factors such that participants read more slowly when simplex ideophones, which trigger single, semelfactive interpretations, were paired with durative adverbials. Crucially, this mismatch effect did not emerge in the preverbal, ideophone region, but instead appeared at the verb-spillover region in Experiment 1 and at the verb region in Experiment 2. These results provide the first experimental evidence that iconic morphological elements may contribute to aspectual interpretations and that aspectual information contributed by adverbial eventive operators is not fully computed until integration with the verb. We argue that this delayed computation arises because ideophones quantify over event variables introduced by the verb––thus, their aspectual impact is not fully computed until they are integrated with the verb.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147619172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rong Xiao, Dandan Liang, Ziqi Ren, Zhongheng Jia, Hetong Qi
{"title":"Comprehension of Spatial Demonstratives in 4- to 6-Year-Old Chinese-Speaking Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.","authors":"Rong Xiao, Dandan Liang, Ziqi Ren, Zhongheng Jia, Hetong Qi","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10220-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10220-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children with autism have difficulties in processing contextual information in communication. This study explored how 4- to-6-year-old children comprehend the spatial demonstratives zhe (this) and na (that), which encode the relationship between language and context in Mandarin Chinese. Thirty-three children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and thirty-nine typically developing (TD) children from mainland China participated in the experiment. With semi-structured interactive tasks, we designed three cueing situations: no-cue, eye-gaze and pointing. The results showed that ASD children tended to perform less accurately than TD children in the no-cue and gaze-cue conditions, particularly when the speaker and participant were on opposite sides. Additionally, differences in comprehension levels for the two spatial demonstratives zhe and na existed only in the no-cue condition and only when children were 4 years old. The current study indicates that children with ASD are impaired in the processing of contextual information such as gaze cues and spatial location. Nevertheless, children with ASD have a relatively preserved ability to use highly salient pointing gesture cues, which compensates for the impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147619084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung, Fatima Boush, Meera Al Kaabi
{"title":"An Eye-Tracking Study on the Interword Spacing Effect in Arabic.","authors":"Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung, Fatima Boush, Meera Al Kaabi","doi":"10.1007/s10936-026-10217-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10936-026-10217-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated interword spacing effects on eye movement during Arabic reading, focusing on the distinctive orthographic system of Arabic text. Research on Roman-script languages (e.g., English) concluded that interword spacing facilitates word identification and sentence comprehension (Rayner et al. in Vision Research 38:1129–1144, 1998, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(97)00274-5 ; Slattery et al. in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 22:406–422, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000104 ), whereas studies on other languages could not replicate these results (Bai et al. in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 34:1277–1287, 2008, https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.34.5.1277 ). While written Arabic uses interword spaces between words, we showed that manipulating interword spaces did not inhibit reading-related eye movements. However, we found a significant influence of interword spacing on saccadic programming. Overall, the lack of an ‘interword spacing effect’ in Arabic led us to postulate that Arabic orthography might have an important role in guiding saccades despite the absence of interword spacing. Our conclusions are also in line with the proposal that there is an independent level of abstract letter representation of Arabic which encodes allographs and letter positions (e.g., Carreiras et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 19:685–690, 2012, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-012-0260-8 ).</p>","PeriodicalId":47689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147619112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}