Alternate categorization: a formal-conceptual semantics of reciprocal alternations In this talk, we present an experimental study that investigates how the different forms of a reciprocal verbs are connected to each other. Reciprocal verbs as hug, fight and collide alternate between a unary collective form (1), a “with” form (2) and a binary form (3): Wendy…

Familiar false facts vs. novel truths: The influence of readers’ background knowledge on processing and acquiring false information I will present an ERP study that investigates how conceptual knowledge supports comprehension and learning (i.e., a familiarity effect) and protects against accepting false information (i.e., false information effect) both during learning and during later memory retrieval….