Chapter
Problems and Pitfalls/Advantages and Disadvantages
Chapter 2 Visual Preference Techniques
Development, Assumptions, and Rationale
The Intermodal Preferential Looking Paradigm (IPLP)
Overview of Method, Apparatus, and Data Analysis
Variants of the Intermodal Preferential Looking Paradigm
Interactive Intermodal Preferential Looking Paradigm (IIPLP)
The Looking-While-Listening Paradigm (LWL)
Preferential Looking Paradigm Without Language (PLP)
Headturn Preference Procedure (HPP)
Overview of Method and Data Analysis
Advantages and Disadvantages of the IPLP and HPP
Chapter 3 Assessing Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary in Child Language
The Purposes of Studying and Assessing Vocabulary
What Does it Mean to Know a Word?
Some Core Issues in Vocabulary Assessment
Assumptions and Rationale
Nature of the data/collecting data
Assessment of Vocabulary by Parent Report
Assumptions and Rationale
Apparatus and Instruments
Nature of the Data/Scoring
Challenges and Related Issues
Assumptions and Rationale
Apparatus and Instruments
Problems and Pitfalls/Advantages
Instructions for Completing the Language Inventory
Chapter 4 Eye-Movement Tracking During Reading
Assumptions and Rationale
Moving Window (McConkie) Paradigm
Boundary (Rayner) Paradigm
Collecting and Analyzing Data
An Exemplary Study: The Eye‐Voice Span During Oral Reading
Coregistration of Eye and Voice
Identification of Word Boundaries
An Exemplary LMM Interaction Based on Two Numeric Covariates
Advantages and Disadvantages as Compared with Related Methods
Chapter 5 The Visual World Paradigm
Assumptions, Logic, and Terminology
Common Variations Across Experiments
General Considerations Affecting Design and Interpretation
Speech and Spoken Language
Eye Movements in Natural Tasks
Data Collection and Analysis
Advantages and Common Applications
Disadvantages, Limitations, and Concerns
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 6 Word Priming and Interference Paradigms
Assumptions and Rationale
Designing Priming Experiments
Properties of Primes and Targets and Prime‐Target Combinations
Evaluation of Word Priming Paradigms
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 7 Structural Priming
Assumptions and Rationale
Nature of Stimuli and Data
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Structural Priming of Language Comprehension
Structural Priming of Language Production
Chapter 8 Conversation Analysis
Historical and Conceptual Background
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Identify a Candidate Phenomenon
Build a Collection of Cases
Recommendation: Start with the Clearest Cases First
Analyze Each Case in the Collection
Analyze Variation in the Collection
Define the Boundaries of the Phenomenon
Analyze Deviant Cases and Look for Normative Evidence
Produce a Formal Account of the Phenomenon
Quantitative Methods in CA
Advantages and Disadvantages
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 9 Virtual Reality
Assumptions and Rationale
Input Devices: Motion-Capture
Moving Through the Virtual World
Integrating Input and Output
Nature of Stimuli and Data
Manipulating Parameters of Virtual People
Manipulating Parameters of the Environment
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Advantages and Disadvantages
Expanding the Participant Pool
Reproducibility of Complex Environments
Further reading and resources
Chapter 10 Studying Psycholinguistics out of the Lab
Cross-Cultural Field Studies
What Does It Entail? Best Practice
Disadvantages and Pitfalls
Studies Conducted Online and in Museums
What Does It Entail? Best Practice
Disadvantages, Problems, and Pitfalls
Conducting Studies in Real‐World Settings
What Does It Entail? Best Practice
Disadvantages, Problems, and Pitfalls
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 11 Computational Modeling
Assumptions and Rationale
From Task to Implementation: Representation and Analysis
The Yu and Ballard Model: An Example of the Probabilistic Approach
The DevLex-II Model: An Example of the Connectionist Approach
Challenges and Future Directions
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 12 Corpus Linguistics
Assumptions and Rationale
Nature of Stimuli and Data
Raw Data Versus Derived Data
Limitations and Opportunities for Validation
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 13 Electrophysiological Methods
Assumptions and Rationale
Nature of Stimuli and Data
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Advantages and Disadvantages
Chapter 14 Hemodynamic Methods: fMRI and fNIRS
Assumptions and Rationale
Apparatus, Signal, and Scan Sequence
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Advantages and Disadvantages
Nature of Stimuli and Data
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Advantages and Disadvantages
Chapter 15 Structural Neuroimaging
Assumptions and Rationale
Structural Imaging Methods Based on Conventional MRI
Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
Apparatus and Nature of the Data
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Advanced Diffusion Models
Tractography Reconstructions
Tract Specific Measurements
Advantages and Disadvantages of Diffusion Tractography
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 16 Lesion Studies
Rationale and Assumptions
Patient recruitment, Study Design, Stimuli, and Instruments
Patient Recruitment and Selection
Behavioral Stimuli and Response Measures
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Neuroimaging Data Acquisition
Voxel-Based Lesion Analyses
Results: VLSM Correlates of Auditory Word Recognition
Advantages, Disadvantages, and Alternative Methods
Further Reading and Resources
Chapter 17 Molecular Genetic Methods
Understanding DNA Variation
Introducing the General Approach
Techniques for Characterizing Genetic Variation
Collecting Phenotypes and Defining Cohorts
Monogenic Traits—Linkage in Large Families
Multifactorial Traits—Identifying Common Effects with GWAS
Linkage Analysis Implicates FOXP2 in Speech and Language Deficits
GWAS Uncovers Effects of ROBO2 on Early Expressive Vocabulary
Further Reading and Resources
Research Methods in Psycholinguistics and the Neurobiology of Language
：A Practical Guide
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