Shelia M. Kennison - LAB
Current Research
Phone: 405-744-7335 E-mail: shelia.kennison@okstate.edu
Memory and Language in Individuals with Complete Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
Time Course of Integrative Semantic Processing Our research has shown that the time course of integrative semantic processing during reading occurs more rapidly for certain types of noun than for others. Plural nouns and animate singular nouns have been found to be integrated rapidly. Current research is investigating the role of word-specific frequency of usage information in the time course of semantic integration.
Comprehending Cataphoric Pronouns in Chinese and Korean Our research has shown that there are processing differences for anaphoric and cataphoric usages of English pronouns. On going studies are investigating the processing of overt and zero pronouns in Chinese and Korean, comparing anaphoric and cataphoric pronominal forms.
Age of Acquisition and Bilingual Language Processing Our research has shown that for monolinguals there is greater right hemisphere involvement in the processing of words learned early in childhood (before the age of 4) than in the processing of words learned later in life (after age 7). Our current research is extending this research to investigate hemispheric differences in processing L1 and L2 words that were learned early in childhood or later in life.
Comprehending Gender-Specific Pronouns Our research has shown that the gender-specific pronouns he, she, himself, and herself take longer to associate with gender ambiguous antecedents if the gender stereotype of the antecedent is incongruent with the gender of the pronoun. Our current research is investigating the extent to which there are individual differences in resolving gender-specific pronouns.
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