Research: PAST research questions / areas
Language is a tool for communication
Mahowald, K.*, Diachek, E.*, Gibson, E., Fedorenko, E.^, & Futrell, R.^ 2023. Cognition, 241, 105543. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105543. PMID: 37713956.
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Ryskin, R., Stearns, L., Bergen, L., Eddy, M., Fedorenko, E. & Gibson, E. 2021. Neuropsychologia, 158, 107855. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107855. PMID: 33865848.
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Gibson, E., Tan, C., Futrell, R., Mahowald, K., Konieczny, L., Hemforth, B. & Fedorenko, E. 2017. Psychological Science, 28(6), 703-712. DOI: 10.1177/0956797617690277. PMID: 28394708.
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Piantadosi, S. & Fedorenko, E. 2017. Journal of Language Evolution, 2(2), 141-147. DOI: 10.1093/jole/lzw013.
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Mahowald, K., Fedorenko, E., Piantadosi, S. & Gibson, E. 2013. Cognition, 126(2), 313-318. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.09.010. PMID: 23116925.
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Cognition and neural architecture of individuals with developmental communication disorders
Work on individuals with 16p11.2 deletion syndrome:
Mei, C., Fedorenko, E., Amor, D., Boys, A., Hoeflin, C., Carew, P., Burgess, T., Fisher, S. & Morgan, A. 2018. European Journal of Human Genetics, 26(5), 676-686. DOI: 10.1038/s41431-018-0102-x. PMID: 29445122. PMC5945616.
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Fedorenko, E.*, Morgan, A.*, Murray, E., Cardinaux, A., Mei, C., Tager-Flusberg, H., Fisher, S. & Kanwisher, N. 2016. European Journal of Human Genetics, 24(2), 302-306. DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.149. PMID: 26763793. PMC4717201.
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Work on individuals with autism spectrum disorders:
Jouravlev, O., Kell, A., Mineroff, Z., Haskins, AJ, Ayyash, D., Kanwisher, N. & Fedorenko, E. 2020. Autism Research, 13(10), 1746-1761. DOI: 10.1002/aur.2393. PMID: 32935455.
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Ev’s early linguistic and psycholinguistic work
Most of this work was carried out during the first few years of graduate school in collaboration with Ted Gibson.
These papers argue that quantitative approaches are critical in language research.
Gibson, E., Piantadosi, S. & Fedorenko, E. 2013. Language and Cognitive Processes, 28(3), 229-240. DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2012.704385.
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Gibson, E. & Fedorenko, E. 2013. Language and Cognitive Processes, 28(1-2), 88-124. DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2010.515080.
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Gibson, E. & Fedorenko, E. 2010. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14(6), 233-234. DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.03.005. PMID: 20363175.
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These papers investigate the nature of working memory resources that support language comprehension.
Fedorenko, E., Patel, A., Casasanto, D., Winawer, J. & Gibson, E. 2009. Memory and Cognition, 37(1), 1-9. DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.1.1. PMID: 19103970.
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Fedorenko, E., Gibson, E. & Rohde, D. 2007. Journal of Memory and Language, 56(2), 246-269. DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.06.007.
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Fedorenko, E., Gibson, E. & Rohde, D. 2006. Journal of Memory and Language, 54(4), 541-553. DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.12.006.
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As discussed in Language vs. thought/non-linguistic cognition and perception, fMRI evidence strongly suggests that language processing recruits a highly specialized brain network. These early behavioral dual-task studies have instead suggested that language shares working memory resources with some non-linguistic tasks. However, evidence from these paradigms is indirect and the putative overlap cannot be unambiguously attributed to a particular cognitive system. One likely possibility is that the effects observed in these dual-task studies originate within the domain-general Multiple Demand system given that task demands in both language and non-linguistic domains engage this system.
These papers evaluate memory-based and surprisal-based accounts of syntactic complexity.
Scontras, G., Badecker W. & Fedorenko, E. 2017. Cognitive Science, 41(8), 2280-2287. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12495. PMID: 28397342.
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Scontras, G., Badecker, W., Shank, L., Lim, E. & Fedorenko, E. 2015. Cognitive Science, 39(3), 559-583. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12168. PMID: 25256303.
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Levy, R., Fedorenko, E. & Gibson, E. 2013. Journal of Memory and Language, 69(4), 461-495. DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.10.005. PMID: 24711687. PMC3975271.
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Fedorenko, E., Woodbury, R. & Gibson, E. 2013. Cognitive Science, 37(2), 378-394. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12021. PMiD: 23362990.
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Levy, R., Fedorenko, E., Breen, M. & Gibson, E. 2012. Cognition, 122(1), 12-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.07.012. PMID: 22035959. PMC3857735.
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Fedorenko, E., Piantadosi, S. & Gibson, E. 2012. Cognitive Science, 36(3), 471-497. DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01217.x. PMID: 22256956.
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These papers examine numerical cognitive abilities and the role of language in numerical cognition.
Frank, M., Fedorenko, E. & Gibson, E. 2008. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, 439-444.
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Frank, M., Fedorenko, E., Lai, P., Saxe, R. & Gibson, E. 2012. Cognitive Psychology, 64(1-2), 74-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2011.10.004. PMID: 22112644.
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Frank, M., Everett, D., Fedorenko, E. & Gibson, E. 2008. Cognition, 108(3), 819-824. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.04.007. PMID: 18547557.
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This paper examines how information structure (what is old vs. new vs. contrastive in an utterance) is realized prosodically during language production.
Breen, M., Fedorenko, E., Wagner, M. & Gibson, E. 2010. Language and Cognitive Processes, 25(7/8/9), 1044-1098. DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2010.504378.
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These papers investigate the relationship between lexical and syntactic processing.
These papers investigate various linguistic phenomena using experimental approaches.
Singh, R., Fedorenko, E., Mahowald, K. & Gibson, E. 2015. Cognitive Science, 40(3), 607-634. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12260. PMID: 26153044.
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Grosz, P., Patel-Grosz, P., Fedorenko, E. & Gibson, E. 2015, Journal of Semantics, 32(4), 619-648. DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffu009.
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Gibson, E., Jacobson, P., Graff, P., Mahowald, K., Fedorenko, E. & Piantadosi, S. 2015. Journal of Semantics, 32(4), 579-618. DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffu006.
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Fedorenko, E. & Gibson, E. 2010. Syntax, 13(3), 183-195. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9612.2010.00138.x.
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This paper on morphological selection is from Ev’s undergraduate years in Alfonso Caramazza’s lab.
Costa, A., Kovacic, D., Fedorenko, E. & Caramazza, A. 2003. Journal of Experimental Psychology: LMC, 29(6), 1270-1282. DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.6.1270. PMID: 14622060.
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Miscellaneous research papers
These papers investigate diverse questions about language but do not fall cleanly into any “bucket” above.
Gallée, J., Cordella, C., Fedorenko, E., Hochberg, D., Touroutoglou, A., Quimby, A. & Dickerson, B. 2021. Brain Sciences, 11(2), 130. DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11020130. PMID: 33498260. PMC7909266.
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Amit, E., Hoeflin, C., Hamzah, N. & Fedorenko, E. 2017. NeuroImage, 152, 619-627. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.029. PMID: 28323162. PMC5448978.
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