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Publications

Reviews and summaries on special topics:

1. Human's language production system. Language production is a uniquely human ability. But how does a language production system work? Are the computations unique and specialized? Or does the system use a set of domain-general computations to achieve a unique and special output? Find the answer in this chapter: 

Nozari, N. (2018). How special is language production? Perspectives from monitoring and control. In K. D. Federmeier & D. G. Watson (Eds.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation (pp. 179–213). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.plm.2018.08.006 PDF

 

2. Word production (a computational perspective): How do speakers map meaning to sound? What kind of a computational architecture is necessary for this? What happens to this architecture after brain damage? Check out this chapter:

 

Dell, G. S., Nozari, N., & Oppenheim, G. M. (2014). Word production: Behavioral and computational considerations. In M. Goldrick, V. S. Ferreira, & M. Miozzo (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Language Production (pp. 88–104). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199735471.013.014 PDF

3. Word production (a neural perspective): An up-to-date review of the neural substrates of mapping meaning to sound, integrating psycholinguistic and motor control views of speech. Check out this chapter:

Nozari, N. (2021). Neural basis of word production. In A. Papafragou, J. C. Trueswell, & L. R. Gleitman (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of The Mental Lexicon (pp. 536-560). Oxford: Oxford University Press. PDF

4. Neural connectivity in language production and comprehsnion: An up-to-date review of the role of white matter tracts in language produciton and comprehension:

Shekari, E. & Nozari, N. (upcoming). A review of the anatomy and function of the white matter tracts in language production and comprehension. PDF

5. Word co-activation: Does coactivation of two words (semantically related, phonologically related, or unrelated) lead to facilitation or interference? Check out this review article:

 

Nozari, N., & Pinet, S. (2020). A critical review of the behavioral, neuroimaging, and electrophysiological studies of co-activation of representations during word production. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2019.100875 PDF

6. Speech monitoring: An up-to-date review of the three main monitoring models proposed in speech production. 

Nozari, N. (2020). A comprehension- or a production-based monitor? Response to Roelofs (2020). Journal of Cognition, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.102  PDF

7. Role of the left inferior ventral gyrus in language processing.  What is the the role of the inferior frontal gyrus in word and sentence production and comprehension? Check out our chapter:

Nozari, N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2016). Left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex in processing of words and sentences. In G. Hickok & S. L. Small (Eds.), Neurobiology of Language (pp. 569–584). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00046-8 PDF

All Publications by year:

 

2024

Nozari, N. & Martin, R. C. (to appear). Is working memory domain-general or domain-specific? Trends in Cognitive Sciences.  PDF

Waller, M., Yurovsky, D., & Nozari, N. (2024). Effect of similarity and training experiences on new vocabulary learning. In  L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey,& E. Hazeltine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Muylle, M., Hartsuiker, R., & Nozari, N. (2024). On idle idols and ugly icons: Do homophones create interference in typing? In  L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey,& E. Hazeltine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Oppenheim, G. M., & Nozari, N. (2024). Similarity-induced interference or facilitation in language production reflects representation, not selection. Cognition, 245, 105720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105720  PDF

2023

Murphy, T. K., Nozari, N., & Holt, L. L. (2023). Transfer of statistical learning from passive speech perception to speech production. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02399-8 PDF 

 

Pinet, S. & Nozari, N. (2023). Different electrophysiological signatures of similarity-induced and Stroop-like interference in language production. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 6(35). https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02014  PDF 

Black, J. & Nozari, N. (to appear). Precision of phonological errors in aphasia supports resource models of phonological working memory in language production. Cognitive Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2023.2206012 PDF 

 

Arslan, B., Ng, F., Goksun, T., & Nozari, N. (to appear). Trust my gesture or my word? How do listeners choose the information channel during communication? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001253  PDF 

Shekari, E., & Nozari, N. (2023). A narrative review of the anatomy and function of the white matter tracts in language production and comprehension. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1139292  PDF

2022

Pinet, S., & Nozari, N. (2022). Correction without consciousness in complex tasks: Evidence from typing. Journal of Cognition, 5(1): 11, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.202 PDF

Burgess, J., & Nozari, N. (2022). A conflict-based model of speech error repairs in humans. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Nozari, N. & Omaki, A. (2022). Revisiting Agreement: Do Children and Adults Compute Subject-verb Agreement Differently? In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Atilgan, N., Chu, L., & Nozari, N. (2022). Statistical learning of orthotactic constraints: new insights from typing. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Lakhani, N., & Nozari, N. (2022). Do speakers and listeners remember the speech errors or the repairs in communications? In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Waller, M., Nozari, N., & Yurovsky, D. (2022). Of mouses and mans: the role of production and feedback in language learning. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

2021 

Oppenheim, G., & Nozari, N. (accepted). Behavioral interference or facilitation does not distinguish between competitive and noncompetitive accounts of lexical selection in word production. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Tessmar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Pinet, S., & Nozari, N. (2021). The role of visual feedback in detecting and correcting typing errors: A signal detection approach. Journal or Memory and Language.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2020.104193 PDF

Riès, S., Pinet, S., Nozari, N., & Knight, R. T. (2021). Characterizing multi-word speech production using event-related potentials. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13788 PDF 

Brown-Schmidt, S., Cho, S. J., Nozari, N., Klooster, N., & Duff, M. (2021). The limited role of hippocampal declarative memory in transient semantic activation during online language processing. Neuropsychologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107730 PDF

Martin, C. D., & Nozari, N. (2021). Language control in bilingual production: Insights from error rate and error type in sentence production. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 24(2), 374-388.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728920000590 PDF

2020

Nozari, N. (2020). Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Nazbanou Nozari (2020). American Psychologist, 75(9), 1260–1262. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000789

Hepner, C. R., & Nozari, N. (2020). The dual origin of lexical perseverations in aphasia: Residual activation and incremental learning. Neuropsychologia, 147

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002839322030275X?via%3Dihub PDF

Nozari, N. (2020). A comprehension- or a production-based monitor? Response to Roelofs (2020). Journal of Cognition, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.102  PDF

Harrison, W., Hepner, C. R., & Nozari, N. (2020). Is segmental interference position-dependent? In S. Denison, M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B. C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 681-687). Cognitive Science Society. PDF

McDonagh, D., Fisher, A., & Nozari, N. (2020). Do taxonomic and associative relations affect word production in the same way? In S. Denison, M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B. C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 544-550). Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Pinet, S., & Nozari, N. (2020). Using signal detection theory to investigate the role of visual information in performance monitoring in typing. In S. Denison, M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B. C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 1789-1794). Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Nozari, N. (2020). Neural basis of word production. In L. R. Gleitman, A. Papafragou, & J. C. Trueswell (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Mental Lexicon. PDF

Nozari, N., & Pinet, S. (2020). A critical review of the behavioral, neuroimaging, and electrophysiological studies of co-activation of representations during word production. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2019.100875 PDF

 

Pinet, S., & Nozari, N. (2020). Electrophysiological correlates of monitoring in typing with and without visual feedback. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(4), 603–620. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01500 PDF

        

2019

 

Breining, B. L., Nozari, N., & Rapp, B. (2019). Learning in complex, multi-component cognitive systems: Different learning challenges within the same system. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(6), 1093–1106. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000630 PDF

Hepner, C. R., & Nozari, N. (2019). Resource allocation in phonological working memory: Same or different principles from vision? Journal of Memory and Language, 106, 172–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2019.03.003 PDF

Nozari, N. (2019). The dual origin of semantic errors in access deficit: Activation vs. inhibition deficit. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 36(1–2), 31–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2019.1587397 PDF

Nozari, N., & Hepner, C. R. (2019). To select or to wait? The importance of criterion setting in debates of competitive lexical selection. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 36(5–6), 193–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2018.1476335 PDF

Nozari, N., & Hepner, C. R. (2019). To select or to wait? Response to the commentaries. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 36(5–6), 226–233. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2019.1632280 PDF

Nozari, N., Martin, C. D., & McCloskey, N. (2019). Is repairing speech errors an automatic or a controlled process? Insights from the relationship between error and repair probabilities in English and Spanish. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 34(9), 1230–1245. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2019.1637007 PDF

2018

Akhavan, N., Göksun, T., & Nozari, N. (2018). Integrity and function of gestures in aphasia. Aphasiology, 32(11), 1310–1335. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2017.1396573 PDF

Freund, M., & Nozari, N. (2018). Is adaptive control in language production mediated by learning? Cognition, 176, 107–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.03.009 PDF

Hepner, C. R., & Nozari, N. (2018). A resource model of phonological working memory. In T. T. Rogers, M. Rau, X. Zhu, & C. W. Kalish (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 495–500). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. http://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2018/papers/0110/index.html PDF

Hepner, C. R., Pinet, S., & Nozari, N. (2018). An enhanced model of gemination in spelling: Evidence from a large corpus of typing errors. In T. T. Rogers, M. Rau, X. Zhu, & C. W. Kalish (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 489–494). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. http://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2018/papers/0109/index.html PDF

Nozari, N. (2018). How special is language production? Perspectives from monitoring and control. In K. D. Federmeier & D. G. Watson (Eds.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation (pp. 179–213). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.plm.2018.08.006 PDF

Nozari, N., & Omaki, A. (2018). Syntactic production is not independent of inhibitory control: Evidence from agreement attraction errors. In C. W. Kalish, M. Rau, X. Zhu, & T. T. Rogers (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 822–827). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2018/papers/0169/index.html PDF

Pinet, S., & Nozari, N. (2018). “Twisting fingers”: The case for interactivity in typed language production. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(4), 1449–1457. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-018-1452-7 PDF

 

2017

Akhavan, N., Nozari, N., & Göksun, T. (2017). Expression of motion events in Farsi. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 32(6), 792–804. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2016.1276607 PDF

Arnold, J. E., & Nozari, N. (2017). The effects of utterance timing and stimulation of left prefrontal cortex on the production of referential expressions. Cognition, 160, 127–144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2016.12.008 PDF

Nozari, N., & Faroqi-Shah, Y. (2017). Investigating the origin of nonfluency in aphasia: A path modeling approach to neuropsychology. Cortex, 95, 119–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.08.003 PDF

Nozari, N., & Novick, J. (2017). Monitoring and control in language production. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26(5), 403–410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721417702419 PDF

Trude, A. M., & Nozari, N. (2017). Inhibitory control supports referential context use in language production and comprehension. In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrink, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1218–1223). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2017/papers/0235/index.html PDF

 

2016

Akhavan, N., Göksun, T., & Nozari, N. (2016). Disfluency production in speech and gesture. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J. C. Trueswell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 716–721).  Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2016/papers/0134/index.html PDF

Breining, B., Nozari, N., & Rapp, B. (2016). Does segmental overlap help or hurt? Evidence from blocked cyclic naming in spoken and written production. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(2), 500–506. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-015-0900-x PDF

 

Freund, M., Gordon, B., & Nozari, N. (2016). Conflict-based regulation of control in language production. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J. C. Trueswell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1625–1630). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2016/papers/0286/index.html PDF

Hanley, J. R., Cortis, C., Budd, M.-J., & Nozari, N. (2016). Did I say dog or cat? A study of semantic error detection and correction in children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 142, 36–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.09.008 PDF

Nozari, N., Freund, M., Breining, B., Rapp, B., & Gordon, B. (2016). Cognitive control during selection and repair in word production. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 31(7), 886–903. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2016.1157194 PDF

Nozari, N., & Mirman, D. (2016). Using determiners as contextual cues in sentence comprehension: A comparison between younger and older adults. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J. C. Trueswell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1192–1198). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2016/papers/0214/index.html PDF

Nozari, N., Mirman, D., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2016). The ventrolateral prefrontal cortex facilitates processing of sentential context to locate referents. Brain and Language, 157–158, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2016.04.006 PDF

Nozari, N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2016). Left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex in processing of words and sentences. In G. Hickok & S. L. Small (Eds.), Neurobiology of Language (pp. 569–584). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00046-8 PDF

Nozari, N., Trueswell, J. C., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2016). The interplay of local attraction, context and domain-general cognitive control in activation and suppression of semantic distractors during sentence comprehension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(6), 1942–1953. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1068-8 

2015

Akhavan, N., Nozari, N., & Göksun, T. (2015). Motion event expressions in language and gesture: Evidence from Persian. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. S. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 60–65). https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2015/papers/0021/index.html PDF

Nozari, N., Dell, G. S., Schneck, K., & Gordon, B. (2015). Implementation of selective attention in sequential word production. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. S. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1745–1750). https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2015/papers/0303/index.html PDF

Nozari, N., Göksun, T., Thompson-Schill, S. L., & Chatterjee, A. (2015). Phonological similarity affects production of gestures, even in the absence of overt speech. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01347 

 

2014

Dell, G. S., Nozari, N., & Oppenheim, G. M. (2014). Word production: Behavioral and computational considerations. In M. Goldrick, V. S. Ferreira, & M. Miozzo (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Language Production (pp. 88–104). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199735471.013.014 PDF

Nozari, N., Arnold, J. E., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2014). The effects of anodal stimulation of the left prefrontal cortex on sentence production. Brain Stimulation, 7(6), 784–792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2014.07.03

Nozari, N., Woodard, K., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2014). Consequences of cathodal stimulation for behavior: When does it help and when does it hurt performance? PLOS ONE, 9(1), e84338. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084338 

2013

Dell, G. S., Schwartz, M. F., Nozari, N., Faseyitan, O., & Branch Coslett, H. (2013). Voxel-based lesion-parameter mapping: Identifying the neural correlates of a computational model of word production. Cognition, 128(3), 380–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.05.007 PDF

Nozari, N., & Dell, G. S. (2013). How damaged brains repeat words: A computational approach. Brain and Language, 126(3), 327–337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2013.07.005 

Nozari, N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2013). More attention when speaking: Does it help or does it hurt? Neuropsychologia, 51(13), 2770–2780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.08.019 

 

2012

Budd, M.-J., Hanley, J. R., & Nozari, N. (2012). Evidence for a non-lexical influence on children’s auditory repetition of familiar words. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 41(4), 253–266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-011-9189-8 

Nozari, N., & Dell, G. S. (2012). Feature migration in time: Reflection of selective attention on speech errors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(4), 1084–1090. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026933 

2011 

Nozari, N., & Dell, G. S. (2011). Selective attention and speech errors: Feature migration in time. In L. Carlson, C. Hoelscher, & T. F. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1370–1375). https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2011/papers/0318/index.html 

Nozari, N., Dell, G. S., & Schwartz, M. F. (2011). Is comprehension necessary for error detection? A conflict-based account of monitoring in speech production. Cognitive Psychology, 63(1), 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2011.05.001 

2010 and earlier

Nozari, N., Kittredge, A. K., Dell, G. S., & Schwartz, M. F. (2010). Naming and repetition in aphasia: Steps, routes, and frequency effects. Journal of Memory and Language, 63(4), 541–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2010.08.001 

Nozari, N., & Dell, G. S. (2009). More on lexical bias: How efficient can a “lexical editor” be? Journal of Memory and Language, 60(2), 291–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2008.09.006 

Nozari, N., Ferri, C. P., Farin, F., Noroozian, M., Salehi, M., Seyedian, M., & Prince, M. (2009). Validation of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group’s 10/66 Dementia diagnosis in Iran. International Psychogeriatrics, 21(3), 604–605. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104161020900845X 

Behzadi, A., Nozari, N., & Ekhtiari, H. (2006). Reasoning, induction and language; Literature review and practical methods of assessment. Iranian Journal of Cognitive Science, 4, 24–29.

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