definition: Computational models of the architectures and mechanisms which underly human language processing. Computational psycholinguistics aims to develop predictive computational theories of mind that explicitly characterize how people both use and acquire knowledge of language. Models are evaluated in terms of their ability to account for human linguistic performance in tasks such as incremental ambiguity resolution, language acquisition, and production.

related organisation(s):

• Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS)
• Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI Psycholingistics)
• Saarland University

related person(s):

• Suzanne Stevenson
• John C. Trueswell
• Edward Gibson
• Michael K. Tanenhaus
• Philip Resnik
• Daniel Jurafsky
• Matthew W. Crocker

related system(s) / resource(s):

• GSEARCH

relevant source(s):

• Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing
• MITECS

related publication(s):

Computational Psycholinguistics.
Dijkstra, Ton and de Smedt, Konrad.
Taylor and Francis. London. 1996.

Computational Psycholinguistics: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Language.
Crocker, Matthew W.
Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 1996.

Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing.
Crocker, Matthew and Pickering, Martin and Clifton, Charles.
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 2000.

Sentence Comprehension: The Integration of Habits and Rules.
Townsend, David and Bever, Thomas.
MIT Press. Cambridge, MA. 2001.

Language Processing.
Garrod, Simon and Pickering, Martin.
Psychology Press. London. 2000.