%0 Journal Article %1 GreenMitchell2006 %A Green, Matthew J. %A Mitchell, Don C. %D 2006 %J Journal of Memory and Language %K ambiguityresolution article cognitivemodeling competition computationalpsycholinguistics connectionism eyetracking sentenceprocessing %N 55 %P 1--­17 %T Absence of real evidence against competition during syntactic ambiguity resolution %X Using evidence from eye-tracking studies, Van Gompel, Pickering, Pearson, and Liversedge (2005) have argued against currently implemented constraint-based models of syntactic ambiguity resolution. The case against these com- petition models is based on a mismatch between reported patterns of reading data and the putative predictions of the models. Using a series of detailed simulations, we show that there are marked differences between the actual and claimed predictions of one of the main exemplar models. As a consequence, we argue that the existing data remain entirely compatible with at least one current constraint-based account. We end with a brief discussion of the implications for a range of other implemented models.

@article{GreenMitchell2006, abstract = { Using evidence from eye-tracking studies, Van Gompel, Pickering, Pearson, and Liversedge (2005) have argued against currently implemented constraint-based models of syntactic ambiguity resolution. The case against these com- petition models is based on a mismatch between reported patterns of reading data and the putative predictions of the models. Using a series of detailed simulations, we show that there are marked differences between the actual and claimed predictions of one of the main exemplar models. As a consequence, we argue that the existing data remain entirely compatible with at least one current constraint-based account. We end with a brief discussion of the implications for a range of other implemented models. }, added-at = {2006-11-14T23:11:45.000+0100}, author = {Green, Matthew J. and Mitchell, Don C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21d653527199e5257a0de8da46a166e76/tmalsburg}, interhash = {634ebd4bbf0776f89e5ce6518de8ee86}, intrahash = {1d653527199e5257a0de8da46a166e76}, journal = {Journal of Memory and Language }, keywords = {ambiguityresolution article cognitivemodeling competition computationalpsycholinguistics connectionism eyetracking sentenceprocessing}, number = 55, pages = {1--­17}, school = {School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QG, UK}, timestamp = {2011-07-17T21:50:33.000+0200}, title = {Absence of real evidence against competition during syntactic ambiguity resolution}, year = 2006 }