Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory
Web Exercises
1. To help students understand syntax, give them this link to use as a tutorial for creating syntax trees.
http://amyrey.web.unc.edu/classes/ling-101-online/tutorials/how-to-draw-syntax-trees/
2. The following videos illustrate how eye-tracking is used in a variety of ways to measure reading comprehension.
https://www.jove.com/video/50780/using-eye-movements-to-evaluate-cognitive-processes-involved-text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQmf5TkJrJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh9D_7sxvZc
3. These videos are associated with the structure of language and will help students understand concepts associated with phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YXsiee6tTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvF4PGgHf4
4. The following webpage is geared toward speech pathologists, but this particular link is relevant to phonology. Students may find this resource not only helpful in understanding what phonology is, but also how phonological awareness develops in children.
https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/speech-sound-resource-page/
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/brain-games/episodes/language/
TED talk – Linguistic Genius of Babies https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies
https://www.ted.com/talks/ajit_narayanan_a_word_game_to_communicate_in_any_language#t-37030
https://vimeo.com/channels/1202273/65190917
NOVA Teachers’ Guide for Secret of the Wild Child http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/programs/2112_wildchil.html