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Sources of variability in correlating syntactic complexity and working memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

Matthew Walenski  and
David Swinney
Matthew Walenski
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 mwalenski@ucsd.edu
David Swinney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 dswinney@ucsd.edu
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Abstract

Caplan & Waters's model differentiating levels of processing and the role of working memory is important and likely right. However, their claim rests on a lack of correlation between working memory and structural complexity. We examine sources of variability in these measures that remain unaccounted for (by anyone), variability that muddies a straightforward claim that the lack of correlation is cleanly established.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 112
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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