psycholinguistics
noun
psy·cho·lin·guis·tics
ˌsī-kō-liŋ-ˈgwi-stiks 
plural in form but singular in construction
: the study of the mental faculties involved in the perception, production, and acquisition of language
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But decades of research in psycholinguistics reveal that speech errors are rarely this incriminating.
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Julie Sedivy, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2012
The results supported the psycholinguistics hypothesis, with center-embedding presenting the greatest comprehension difficulty for readers.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2022
To illustrate the absurdity—and long history—of this notion, linguists often retell the ancient story of the Greek historian Herodotus, who in about the fifth century B.C. wrote about an ancient psycholinguistics experiment.
—Katherine D. Kinzler, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020
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Julie Sedivy, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2012
The results supported the psycholinguistics hypothesis, with center-embedding presenting the greatest comprehension difficulty for readers.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2022
To illustrate the absurdity—and long history—of this notion, linguists often retell the ancient story of the Greek historian Herodotus, who in about the fifth century B.C. wrote about an ancient psycholinguistics experiment.
—Katherine D. Kinzler, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2020
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psycholinguistics
noun, plural in form but singular in construction
psy·cho·lin·guis·tics
ˌsī-kō-liŋ-ˈgwis-tiks
: the study of the mental faculties involved in the perception, production, and acquisition of language
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