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Towards a complete multiple-mechanism account of predictive language processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2013

Nivedita Mani  and
Falk Huettig
Nivedita Mani
Affiliation:
Language Acquisition Junior Research Group, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany. nmani@gwdg.de
Falk Huettig
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 6500 AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands. falk.huettig@mpi.nl Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

Although we agree with Pickering & Garrod (P&G) that prediction-by-simulation and prediction-by-association are important mechanisms of anticipatory language processing, this commentary suggests that they: (1) overlook other potential mechanisms that might underlie prediction in language processing, (2) overestimate the importance of prediction-by-association in early childhood, and (3) underestimate the complexity and significance of several factors that might mediate prediction during language processing.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 365 - 366
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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