Memory Capacity and Sentence Processing

The limited capacity of working memory is intrinsic to human sentence processing, and therefore must be addressed by any theory of human sentence processing. This paper gives a theory of garden-path effects and processing overload that is based on simple assumptions about human short term memory capacity.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1990
• Where: ACL
• Authors: Edward Gibson
• Keywords: ACL 1990, ACL 2007, Human Sentence Processing, Limited Capacity, Term Memory Capacity