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Outline of work: Psycholinguistics, language processing, discourse processing, second language learning and processing Interests: I’m a psycholinguist with a strong interest in human language processing, including processing in language learners. My particular focus is on processing at the discourse level, encompassing research on anaphora and other discourse phenomena using a range of experimental methodologies. Contact Details

Representative Publications:

• Schumacher PB, Patterson C & Repp M (2024). Famous protagonists interfere with discourse topicality during pronoun resolution. Glossa Psycholinguistics 3(1):9, 1. https://doi.org/10.5070/G60111226Link opens in a new window

• Patterson C & Schumacher PB (2023). How focus and position affect the interpretation of demonstrative pronouns. Collabra: Psychology 9(1): 75350. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.75350Link opens in a new window

• Patterson C, Schumacher PB, Nicenboim B, Hagen J & Kehler A (2022). A Bayesian approach to German personal and demonstrative pronouns. Frontiers in Psychology 12: 672927. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672927Link opens in a new window

• Patterson C & Schumacher PB (2021). Interpretation preferences in contexts with three antecedents: examining the role of prominence in German pronouns. Applied Psycholinguistics 42(6): 1427. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716421000291Link opens in a new window

• Patterson C & Felser C (2019). Delayed application of binding Condition C during cataphoric pronoun resolution. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 48: 453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-018-9613-4Link opens in a new window

• Patterson C, Esaulova Y & Felser C (2017). The impact of focus realization on pronoun resolution in native and non-native speakers. Second Language Research 33: 403. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658317697786Link opens in a new window