Reproducibly Analysing Visual-World Eyetracking Data

Background

For this workshop, we will be reproducing data from a study by Weighall et al. (2017) on the role of sleep in learning novel words (lexical consolidation).

Unlike in the Weighall et al. article, to simplify presentation, this book will focus on the comparison between adult and child participants in the processing of existing “lexical competitors”, as in the words “candy” and “candle”.

Raw data

You will need to download and extract data-raw.zip into your working directory.

Appendix A has a figure showing the structure of the data. You will probably need to refer back to this figure many times as you work through the exercises.

Weighall, AR, Lisa-Marie Henderson, DJ Barr, Scott Ashley Cairney, and Mark Gareth Gaskell. 2017. “Eye-Tracking the Time-Course of Novel Word Learning and Lexical Competition in Adults and Children.” Brain and Language 167: 13–27.