Contents:

Habituation techniques / Christopher T. Fennell --
Visual preference techniques / Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Melanie Soderstrom, Dilara Deniz Can, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek --
Assessing receptive and expressive vocabulary in child language / Virginia A. Marchman and Philip S. Dale --
Eye-movement tracking during reading / Reinhold Kliegl and Jochen Laubrock --
The visual world paradigm / Anne Pier Salverda and Michael K. Tanenhaus --
Word priming and interference paradigms / Zeshu Shao and Antje S. Meyer --
Structural priming / Holly P. Branigan and Catriona L. Gibb --
Conversation analysis / Elliott M. Hoey and Kobin H. Kendrick --
Virtual reality / Daniel Casasanto and Kyle M. Jasmin --
Studying psycholinguistics out of the lab / Laura J. Speed, Ewelina Wnuk, and Asifa Majid --
Computational modeling / Ping Li and Xiaowei Zhao --
Corpus linguistics / Marc Brysbaert, Pawel Mandera, and Emmanuel Keuleers --
Electrophysiological methods / Joost Rommers and Kara D. Federmeier --
Hemodynamic methods: fMRI and fNIRS / Roel M. Willems and Alejandrina Cristia --
Structural neuroimaging / Stephanie J. Forkel and Marco Catani --
Lesion studies / Juliana V. Baldo and Nina F. Dronkers --
Molecular genetic methods / Carolien G.F. de Kovel and Simon E. Fisher.

Summary:

The first comprehensive guide to research methods and technologies in psycholinguistics and the neurobiology of language Bringing together contributions from a distinguished group of researchers and practitioners, editors Annette M.B. de Groot and Peter Hagoort explore the methods and technologies used by researchers of language acquisition, language processing, and communication, including: traditional observational and behavioral methods; computational modelling; corpus linguistics; and virtual reality. The book also examines neurobiological methods, including functional and structural neuroimaging and molecular genetics. Ideal for students engaged in the field, Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of various methods in relation to competing approaches. It describes the apparatus involved, the nature of the stimuli and data used, and the data collection and analysis techniques for each method. Featuring numerous example studies, along with many full-color illustrations, this indispensable text will help readers gain a clear picture of the practices and tools described. Brings together contributions from distinguished researchers across an array of related disciplines who explain the underlying assumptions and rationales of their research methods Describes the apparatus involved, the nature of the stimuli and data used, and the data collection and analysis techniques for each method Explores the relative strengths and weaknesses of various methods in relation to competing approaches Features numerous real-world examples, along with many full-color illustrations, to help readers gain a clear picture of the practices and tools described.