Aspects of Response Planning

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2021-06-01

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Natural conversation is characterised by rapid turn-taking. Previous studies (Bögels et al., 2015; 2018) have found that this rapid turn-taking may be possible because response planning starts as soon as possible. The present study aimed to replicate their finding that response planning starts as soon as possible with a group of participants varying in age. Furthermore, we aimed to find out whether individual differences in speed of production and comprehension is related to turn-taking speed. We were able to replicate a large positive ERP effect following critical information required to start planning a response, which suggests that response planning also starts early in a group of participants varying in age. We found that the degree to which individual differences in the speed of language production and comprehension relate to turn-taking response times depends on multiple factors. The complex interactions we found between language production, comprehension, turn-taking and age group may be a reflection of the complex relationship between comprehension and production processes in turn-taking. We conclude that response planning starts as soon as possible in a group of participants varying in age and turn-taking speed is related to individual differences in both language comprehension speed and language production speed. Keywords: Turn-taking, individual differences, language production, language comprehension, EEG

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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen