Pausing to breathe
Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: Data and analysis code can be found under the Files tab for a study on the coordination of breathing and language during speaking. Competing hypotheses are tested in 2 experiments: A vertical model hypothesis where coordination is an epiphenomenon of cognitive-linguistic effects on pausing, and a horizontal model hypothesis where coordination is due to a functional link between breathing and the cognitive processes of language planning. The results provide evidence for the horizontal hypothesis and undermine the vertical one.
Authors: Melissa A Redford, Ulrich Mayr
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W7204535656