module = informationally encapsulated computer system, inference-making mechanism, relatively rigidly and permanently constrained. module operations have access only to information in its database, at least some information available to some cognitive processes is not available to the module
although reduced relatives generally harder to interpret can bias context to speech reading speeds but still relatively slow e.g. a backing story before "the coffee spilled on the rug was difficult to conceal"
faster to read "the couple admired the house with a garden but knew it was overpriced" than "with a friend" ("but knew" was faster/slower). goes against minimal attachment, could be due to semantic/pragmatic influence?
an interactive model of syntactic parsing where general knowledge, thematic interpreter, syntactic parser linked either way, syntactic parser attached to lexical processer which is where input goes in
electrode cap on with 32 or 64 electrodes, picks up small voltages at skull, either positive or negative deflections of waves compared to a reference point e.g. the ground
ERP study, found semantic discord "the thunderstorm was ironed" caused negative response, ELAN as a rapid negative response to syntax violation and a positive response to having to do syntactic reanalysis of "the blouse was on ironed." we do not know why this is the case but this study has proven to be replicable