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14Multiple predictions during language comprehension: Friends, foes, or indifferent companions?Cognition 241 (C): 105602. 2023.
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14Pitches that Wire Together Fire Together: Scale Degree Associations Across Time Predict Melodic ExpectationsCognitive Science 45 (10). 2021.The ongoing generation of expectations is fundamental to listeners’ experience of music, but research into types of statistical information that listeners extract from musical melodies has tended to emphasize transition probabilities and n‐grams, with limited consideration given to other types of statistical learning that may be relevant. Temporal associations between scale degrees represent a different type of information present in musical melodies that can be learned from musical corpora usin…Read more
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36Exploring Cognitive Relations Between Prediction in Language and MusicCognitive Science 41 (S2): 303-320. 2017.The online processing of both music and language involves making predictions about upcoming material, but the relationship between prediction in these two domains is not well understood. Electrophysiological methods for studying individual differences in prediction in language processing have opened the door to new questions. Specifically, we ask whether individuals with musical training predict upcoming linguistic material more strongly and/or more accurately than non-musicians. We propose two …Read more
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22Abstract knowledge versus direct experience in processing of binomial expressionsCognition 157 384-402. 2016.
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15Robust Processing Advantage for Binomial Phrases with Variant ConjunctionsCognitive Science 46 (9). 2022.Prior research has shown that various types of conventional multiword chunks are processed faster than matched novel strings, but it is unclear whether this processing advantage extends to variant multiword chunks that are less formulaic. To determine whether the processing advantage of multiword chunks accommodates variations in the canonical phrasal template, we examined the robustness of the processing advantage (i.e., predictability) of binomial phrases with non‐canonical conjunctions (e.g.,…Read more
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12Do Programmers Prefer Predictable Expressions in Code?Cognitive Science 44 (12). 2020.Source code is a form of human communication, albeit one where the information shared between the programmers reading and writing the code is constrained by the requirement that the code executes correctly. Programming languages are more syntactically constrained than natural languages, but they are also very expressive, allowing a great many different ways to express even very simple computations. Still, code written by developers is highly predictable, and many programming tools have taken adv…Read more
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31Statistical learning and Gestalt-like principles predict melodic expectationsCognition 189 (C): 23-34. 2019.
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