Stanford Linguistics

In this experiment, you will read 20 sentence pairs word-by-word. You will proceed through the sentence by pressing on your keyboard to indicate which of the two words is a good continuation of the sentence. Finally, for each sentence, answer a short question. You will also be asked to complete a short personality test. Please pay attention, thanks!

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LEGAL INFORMATION:

We invite you to participate in a research study on language production and comprehension. Your experimenter will ask you to do a linguistic task such as reading sentences or words, naming pictures or describing scenes, making up sentences of your own, or participating in a simple language game. You may also be asked to complete a short personality test.

There are no risks or benefits of any kind involved in this study.

You will be paid for your participation at the posted rate. If you have read this form and have decided to participate in this experiment, please understand your participation is voluntary and you have the right to withdraw your consent or discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. You have the right to refuse to do particular tasks. Your individual privacy will be maintained in all published and written dataresulting from the study. You may print this form for your records.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about this research study, its procedures, risks and benefits, you should contact the Protocol Director Meghan Sumner at (650)-725-9336.

If you are not satisfied with how this study is being conducted, or if you have any concerns, complaints, or general questions about the research or your rights as a participant, please contact the Stanford Institutional Review Board (IRB) to speak to someone independent of the research team at (650)-723-2480 or toll free at 1-866-680-2906. You can also write to the Stanford IRB, Stanford University, 3000 El Camino Real, Five Palo Alto Square, 4th Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA.

If you agree to participate, please proceed to the study tasks.

Instructions

On the following pages, you will be asked to press SPACE to start a sentence. Once you do, you will see a pair of words, corresponding to the keys [S] and [L] on your keyboard. In these sentences, one word will be the next word in the sentence, and the other will not. Select the word that continues the sentence by pressing the key which corresponds to the word that continues the sentence.

Once you've read the sentence, please answer the yes/no question that will appear on the screen.

Place your left index finder on the S key. Place your right index finger on the L key.

If you're a bit confused, don't worry - we will start with two examples!

Press SPACE to continue!

Let's Get Started!

Great job! Now we can really get started.

To reiterate: On the following pages, you will be asked to press SPACE to start a sentence. Once you do, you will see a pair of words, corresponding to the keys [s] and [l] on your keyboard. In these sentences, one word will be the next word in the sentence, and the other will not. Select the word that continues the sentence by pressing the key which corresponds to the word that continues the sentence.

Once you've read the sentence, please answer the yes/no question that will appear on the screen.

Place your left index finder on the S key. Place your right index finger on the L key.

Important: Please try to complete the experiment in one session without any interruptions. It should take at most 10 minutes. In this section, you will not get any hints, and if you continue a sentence incorrectly, you will be taken to the start of the next sentence. Please pay attention!

Press SPACE to continue!