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Brown-Schmidt, Sarah Brown-Schmidt, Sarah Benjamin, Aaron Dell, Gary Federmeier, Kara Wang, Ranxiao Frances Ryskin, Rachel A 2016-11-10T18:39:03Z 2016-11-10T18:39:03Z 2018-11-11T10:15:24Z 2016-06-02 2016-08 A hallmark of adult language processing is the efficiency with which it unfolds despite the massive amount of ambiguity present in the linguistic signal. Prior work has shown that visuo-spatial (e.g., Heller et al., 2008; Ryskin et al., 2014) and pragmatic (Sedivy et al., 1999) contextual information can be rapidly integrated during the comprehension process. In this dissertation, I explored the use of this information during on-line language processing and how it is supported by learning and memory mechanisms. In Chapter 2, I examined whether individual differences in working memory, basic recall, and memory cue generation predict the ability to make use of information about visual perspective differences during comprehension. A targeted re-analysis of these data (Experiment 2), examined how perspective-taking evolves within a conversational pair, over the course of the conversation. In Chapter 3, I explored the use of spatial perspective-taking during comprehension. In two experiments (Experiments 3 and 4), I examine how listeners encode spatial perspectives in a speaker-specific fashion and use this information during interpretation of spatial language. In Chapter 4, I examined whether listeners can learn high-level, pragmatic information about a speaker through exposure and integrate it with the visual context on-line, during sentence processing. I examined the ability of listeners to learn and transfer this information across contexts (Experiments 5a and 5b), as well as the ability to use this information within a context (Experiment 6). The results of the work reported in this dissertation point to an important role for context-specific learning in the ability of the language processing system to rapidly and efficiently integrate visual, spatial, and pragmatic information during on-line comprehension. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2018-08-01 The student, Rachel Ryskin, accepted the attached license on 2016-05-31 at 15:30. The student, Rachel Ryskin, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2016-05-31 at 16:13. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2016-06-02 at 15:31. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9636 on 2016-11-10 at 12:24:19 Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-10T18:39:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 RYSKIN-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf: 10627706 bytes, checksum: 3b4ace82b9f2bb8e08bedda913294913 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4210 bytes, checksum: 5b9b675f55d4c8ea13db9bf0dd0f974f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-02 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 95419 Lift date: 2018-11-10T18:39:22Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 95419 Lift date: 2018-11-10T18:43:22Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 95419 on 2018-11-11T10:15:24Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/92997 en Copyright 2016 Rachel Ryskin language processing language comprehension memory eye-tracking Efficient language processing: the role of memory and visuo-spatial context text text Psychology Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.