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What can size tell us about abstract conceptual processing?
Embodied cognition theories propose that abstract concepts are grounded in a variety of exogenous and endogenous experiences which may …
Bo Yao, Jack E. Taylor, Sara C. Sereno
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Reading direct speech quotes increases theta phase-locking: Evidence for cortical tracking of inner speech?
Growing evidence shows that theta-band (4–7 Hz) activity in the auditory cortex phase-locks to rhythms of overt speech. Does theta …
Bo Yao, Jason R. Taylor, Briony Banks, Sonja A. Kotz
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Mental simulations of phonological representations are causally linked to silent reading of direct versus indirect speech
Embodied theories propose that language is understood via mental simulations of sensory states related to perception and action. Given …
Bo Yao
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Processing speech and thoughts during silent reading: Direct reference effects for speech by fictional characters in voice-selective auditory cortex and a Theory-of-Mind network
Stories transport readers into vivid imaginative worlds, but understanding how readers create such worlds—populating them with …
Ben Alderson-Day, Jamie Moffatt, Marco Bernini, Kaja Mitrenga, Bo Yao, Charles Fernyhough
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The Glasgow Norms: Ratings of 5,500 words on nine scales
The Glasgow Norms are a set of normative ratings for 5,553 English words on nine psycholinguistic dimensions: arousal, valence, …
Graham G. Scott, Anne Keitel, Marc Becirspahic, Bo Yao, Sara C. Sereno
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Direct speech quotations promote low relative-clause attachment in silent reading of English
The implicit prosody hypothesis (Fodor, 1998, 2002) proposes that silent reading coincides with a default, implicit form of prosody to …
Bo Yao, Christoph Scheepers
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‘It’s hard to write a good article’: The online comprehension of excuses as indirect replies
In an eye-tracking experiment, we examined how readers comprehend indirect replies when they are uttered in reply to a direct question. …
Andrew J. Stewart, Jeffrey S. Wood, Elizabeth Le-Luan, Bo Yao, Matthew Haigh
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Comprehension of indirect requests is influenced by their degree of imposition
In everyday conversation much communication is achieved using indirect language. This is particularly true when we utter requests. The …
Andrew J. Stewart, Elizabeth Le-Luan, Jeffrey S. Wood, Bo Yao, Matthew Haigh
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Differential emotional processing in concrete and abstract words
Emotion (positive and negative) words are typically recognized faster than neutral words. Recent research suggests that emotional …
Bo Yao, Anne Keitel, Gillian Bruce, Graham G. Scott, Patrick J. O'Donnell, Sara C. Sereno
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Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading
Contextual constraint is a key factor affecting a word’s fixation duration and its likelihood of being fixated during reading. Previous …
Sara C. Sereno, Christopher J. Hand, Aisha Shahid, Bo Yao, Patrick J. O'Donnell
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