Publications & Conference Presentations

PUBLICATIONS:

Campbell, S. J. & Raney, G.E. (published online March, 2015). A 25-Year Replication of Katz’ Metaphor Norms. Behavior Research Methods.

Issa, B., Morgan-Short, K., Villegas, B., & Raney, G. (2015). An eye-tracking study on the role of attention and its relationship with motivation. EUROSLA Yearbook15(1), 114-142. 

Raney, G. E., & Bovee, J. C. (2015). Reading Integration in Bilingual Speakers. In R. Heredia & J. Altarriba (Eds.), Methods in Bilingual Reading Comprehension Research, (pp 157-182). Springer: New York.

Bovee, J. C., Raney, G. E. (2015). Evaluating Missing Letter Effects and Comprehension in Proficient and Non-proficient Languages. Applied Psycholinguistics, 1, 1-17.

Raney, G. E., Campbell, S. J., & Bovee, J. C. (2014). Using Eye Movements to Evaluate the Cognitive Processes Involved in Text Comprehension. Journal of Visual Experimentation, 83, e50780, doi:10.3791/50780.

Raney, G. E., & Daniel, F. (2009). Event-Related Brain Potentials, Transfer Benefits, Repetition Effects. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.) Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology. Cambridge University Press.

Daniel, F. & Raney, G. E. (2007). Capturing the effect of a title on multiple levels of comprehension. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 892-900.

Therriault, D., & Raney, G. E. (2007). Processing and representing temporal information in narrative text. Discourse Processes, 43, 173-200.

Obeidallah, S. R., & Raney, G. E. (2006). What a difference a second language makes: Or does it? An inquiry into bilingual and monolingual repetition effects. Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries, 2, 66-83.

Raney, G. E. (2005). Children’s reading comprehension. In Fisher & Lerner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science. (pp. 251-254). Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.

 

Raney, G. E. (2003). E-Z Reader 7 provides a platform for explaining how low- and high-level linguistic processes influence eye movements. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 26, 498-499.

 

Raney, G. E. (2003). A Context-Dependent Representation Model for Explaining Text Repetition Effects. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10, 15-28.

 

Raney, G. E., Obeidallah, S. & Miura, T. (2002). Text comprehension in bilinguals: Integrating perspectives on language representation and text processing. In R. Heredia and J. Altarriba (Eds.), Bilingual Sentence Processing (pp 165-186). Elsevier Sciences: Amsterdam.

 

Therriault, D., & Raney, G. E. (2002). The representation and comprehension of place-on-the-page and text-sequence memory. Scientific Studies of Reading, 6, 117-134.

 

Knoblich, G., Ohlsson, S., & Raney, G. E. (2001). An eye movement study of insight problem solving. Memory & Cognition, 29, 1000-1009.

 

Raney, G. E., Therriault, D., & Minkoff, S. (2000). Repetition effects from paraphrased text: Evidence for an integrative model of text representation. Discourse Processes, 28, 61-81.

 

Minkoff, S., & Raney, G. E. (2000). Letter detection errors and the unitization hypothesis: Word frequency vs. syntactic structure. Scientific Studies of Reading, 3, 55-76.

 

Knoblich, G., Ohlsson, S., & Raney, G. E. (1999). Resolving Impasses in Problem Solving: An Eye Movement Study. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp 276-281). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

O’Brien, E., Raney, G. E., Albrecht, J., and Rayner, K. (1997). Processes involved in the resolution of explicit anaphors. Discourse Processes, 23, 1-24.

 

Rayner, K., & Raney, G. E. (1996). Eye movement control in reading and visual search: Effects of word frequency. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 3, 245-248.

 

Rayner, K., Sereno, S. C., & Raney, G. E. (1996). Eye movement control in reading: A comparison of two types of models. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 22, 1188-1200.

 

Raney, G. E., & Rayner, K. (1995). Word frequency effects and eye movements during two readings of a text. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 49, 151-172.

 

Pollatsek, A., Raney, G. E., LaGasse, L., & Rayner, K. (1995). The use of information below fixation in reading and in visual search. In J. Henderson, M. Singer, & F. Ferreira (Eds.), Reading and Language Processing (pp. 51-72). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Rayner, K., Raney, G. E., & Pollatsek, A. (1995). Eye movements and discourse processing. In R. Lorch & E. O'Brien (Eds.), Sources of Coherence in Reading (pp. 9-36). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 

Raney, G. E., & Rayner, K. (1993). Event-related brain potentials, eye movements, and reading. Psychological Science, 4, 283-286.

 

Pollatsek, A., Raney, G. E., LaGasse, L., & Rayner, K. (1993). The use of information below fixation in reading and in visual search. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 47, 179-200.

 

Raney, G. E. (1993). Monitoring changes in cognitive load during reading: An event-related brain potential and reaction time analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 19, 51-69.

 

Farrar, M. J., Raney, G. E., & Boyer, M. E. (1992). Knowledge, concepts and inferences in childhood. Child Development, 63, 673-691.

 

Besson, M., Fischler, I., Boaz, T., & Raney, G. E. (1992). Effects of automatic associative activation on explicit and implicit memory tests. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 18, 89-105.

 

Fischler, I., & Raney G. E. (1991). Reading by eye: Behavioral and psychophysiological approaches to reading. In J. R. Jennings, & M. G. H. Coles (Eds.), Handbook of Cognitive Psychology: Central and Autonomic Nervous System Approaches (pp. 511-574). West Sussex, England: Wiley.

 

Boaz, T. L., Perry, N. W., Raney, G. E., Fischler, I., & Shuman, D. (1991). Detection of guilty knowledge using event-related potentials. Journal of Applied Psychology, 76, 788-795.

 

Raney, G. E., & Shuman, D. (1989). A delay timer for presenting auditory and visual probes. Behavior Methods, Research, Instruments & Computers, 21, 608-610.

 

Dunn, B., Raney, G. E., & Infield, S. (1989). Personality type and free recall from text. Journal of Psychological Type, 17, 45-55.

 

Raney, G. E. (1988). Linguistic development and the semiotic stream of awareness. In J. Deely (Ed.) Semiotics 1987 (pp. 115-122). Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

 

Raney, G. E. (1986). Cognitive semiotics: The science of semiology. In J. Deely (Ed.) Semiotics 1985 (pp. 56-63). Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

 

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Issa, B., Raney, G.E., & Morgan-Short, K. (November, 2015). Morphosyntactic Development in a Second Language: An Eye-tracking Study on the Role of Attention. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

 

Miller, K.A., and Raney, G.E. (November, 2015). What a Terrible Poster: Differences in Positive and Negative Ironic Utterances. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

 

Raney, G.E., Roy-Charland, A., Bovee, J.C., Miller, K.A., & Campbell, S.J. (November, 2015). Determining what Makes a Text Difficult to Comprehend is Difficult. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

 

Miller, K.A., and Raney, G.E. (July, 2015). Time to Throw in the Towel: No Evidence of Conceptual Metaphor Activation in Idiom Processing. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Minneapolis, MN.

 

Raney, G.E., Miller, K.A., Bovee, J.C., Roy-Charland, A., & Campbell, S.J. (May 2015). Comprehension and Quiz Difficulty Norms for 32 English Passages. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Issa, B., Morgan-Short, K., & Raney, G.E. (November, 2014). Keeping an Eye on Attention: Immediate and Delayed Effects on L2 Spanish Morphosyntactic Development. Presented at the Hispanic Linguistic Symposium (HLS). Purdue, Indiana

 

Issa, B., Morgan-Short, K., & Raney, G.E. (September, 2014). Morphosyntactic Development in a Second Language: An Eye-Tracking Study on the Role of Attention and Individual Differences in Motivation and Working Memory. Presented at the UIC Bilingualism Forum. Chicago, IL.

 

Issa, B., Morgan-Short, K., & Raney, G.E. (2014, September). Morphosyntactic development in a second language: An eye-tracking study on the role of attention. Presented at the 24th annual conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), York, United Kingdom

 

Campbell, S. J., & Raney, G. E. (July, 2014). A Metaphor Then is a Metaphor Now. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Chicago, IL.

 

Miller, K.A., and Raney, G.E. (July, 2014). Examining Idiom Familiarity and Predictability in Context. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Chicago, IL.

 

Miller, K., and Raney, G.E. (May, 2014). Look on the Bright Side: Some Evidence of Conceptual Metaphor Access in Non-Native English Speakers. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Issa, B., Morgan-Short, K., & Raney, G. (May, 2014). Morphosyntactic Development in a Second Language: An Eye-Tracking Study on the Role of Attention. Paper presented at Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL). London, Ontario, Canada.

 

Raney, G. E., Bovee, J. C., Miller, K. A., Campbell, S. J., Fayz, L., & Brill-Schuetz, K. A. (May, 2014). Phonological Similarity Effects in Native and Non-native Speakers. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Westbrook, J. A., & Raney, G. E. (May, 2014). Ways to Learn: A Study of the Efficacy of Implicit vs. Explicit Learning and Retention. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Campbell, S. J., & Raney, G. E. (November, 2013). The Role of Familiarity and Context Strength in Metaphor Processing. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

 

Bovee, J., C. Brill-Schuetz, K. A., Raney, G. E., & Morgan-Short, K. (November, 2013). Immersion in Elementary School Enhances Inhibitory Control. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

 

Raney, G. E. & Ashby, J. (May, 2013). Using Eye Movements to Study Online Processing of Figurative Language. In Raney, G. E. & Ashby, J. (Chairs): Using Eye Movements to Study Online Processing of Figurative Language. Symposium presentation at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

 

Campbell, S. J., & Raney, G. E. (May, 2013). Familiarity and Context Strength Impact Metaphor Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study. In Raney, G. E. & Ashby, J. (Chairs): Using Eye Movements to Study Online Processing of Figurative Language. Symposium presentation at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

 

Miller, K., & Raney, G.E. (May, 2013). The Role of Conceptual Metaphors in Idiom Processing. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Shannon, N., & Raney, G.E. (May, 2013). The Role of Strategy Use Across Reading Span Tasks. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Raney, G. E., Ali, A. G., & Bovee, J. C. (November 2012). Errors During Letter Detection: Where are They? Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Minneapolis, MN.

 

Raney, G. E. (May, 2012). Visibility from the Department Chair Perspective. In van Hell, J., & Tokowicz, N. (Chairs): From thesis to Tomb: Professional Visibility Throughout the Academic Career. Women in Cognitive Science symposium presentation at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

 

Lee, K. G., Raney, G. E., Bovee, J. C., & Daniel, F. (May, 2012). False Cognate Detection: Parallel Activation of Native and Second Language Lexicons. Presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

 

Raney G. E., Gold L., & Bovee, J. C. (May, 2012). Reading and Listening Produce Similar Comprehension and Transfer Benefits. Presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

 

Campbell, S. J., & Raney, G. E. (May, 2012). Individual Differences in Metaphor Processing: An Eye-Tracking Approach. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Campbell, S. J., & Raney, G. E. (November, 2011). Life Is A Pencil: Using Eye Tracking to Explore Metaphor Processing. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Seattle, WA.

 

Bovee, J. C., Morgan-Short, K., Brill, K. A., & Raney, G. E. (November, 2011). Cognitive Effects Evident in Developing Bilinguals. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Seattle, WA.

 

Bovee, J. C., & Raney, G. E., & Daniel, F. (November, 2010). Levels of Comprehension During Letter Detection: The Roles of Reading Ability and Text Comprehensibility. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society: St. Louis, MO.

 

Daniel, F., & Raney, G. E. (July, 2010). Evaluating inference production and retention through eye movements. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Chicago, IL.

 

Lee, K. G., Raney, G. E., Bovee, J. C., & Daniel, F. (May, 2010). False Cognate Detection: Examining Bilingual Lexical Systems. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Bovee, J. C., & Raney, G. E. (November, 2009). Novice language learners show a reversed MLE during letter detection. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Boston, MA.

 

Daniel, F., Raney, G. E., & Bovee, J.C. (November, 2008). Titles facilitate word processing when reading vague texts. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Chicago, IL.

 

Bovee, J. C. & Raney, G. E. (July, 2008). Non-native readers show long lasting effects of early language experience on word processing. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Memphis, TN.

 

Daniel, F. & Raney, G. E. (July, 2008). Titles facilitate high-level processing but not low-level word frequency effects when reading vague texts. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Memphis, TN.

 

Newey, A., Raney, G. E., Daniel, F., & Obeidallah, S. (May, 2008). Attitudes and Perceived Comprehension: The Effect of Type of Science and Reader’s Attitude Towards Credibility of Evidence. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Bovee, J. C., Raney, G. E., Daniel, F., Vadakara, T., & Lynch, F. (May, 2008). Letter detection impairs higher-level text comprehension. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Daniel, F. & Raney, G. E. (May, 2008). Sentence importance does not predict situation-level resource demands in concrete or vague texts. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Raney, G. E., Daniel, F., Bovee, J. C., Vadakara, T., & Lynch, F. (November, 2007). Transfer across seemingly unrelated narratives: A similarity-based explanation. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

 

Daniel, F. & Raney, G. E. (May, 2007). Metacomprehension predictions: Working memory does not explain individual differences but text difficulty is part of the process. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Daniel, F. & Raney, G. E. (November, 2006). Repetition Improves Word Processing Efficiency in Non-Native English Speakers. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Houston, TX.

 

Obeidallah, S., & Raney, G. (August, 2006). Repetition Effects in Bilingual and Monolingual Reading. Presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Vancover, B.C., Canada.

 

Daniel, F. & Raney, G. E. (July, 2006). The Effect of Rereading and Situational Development on Online Processing of Text. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Minneapolis, MN.

 

Daniel, F. & Raney, G. E. (May, 2006). Situation Model Development Influences Transfer Benefits in Reading. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.

 

Raney, G. E., Anderson, M., Miura, T., Obeidallah, S., & Daniel, F. (2005, November). Anticipation and Prior Knowledge: Are they the Key to Strategic Reading? Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.

 

Daniel, F., & Raney, G. (2005, May). Attentional demands on text repetition effects. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

 

Raney, G. E., Murray, J., Obeidallah, S. R., Daniel, F. (2004, November). Practice and Self-Evaluation Influence Metacomprehension Accuracy. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Raney, G. E., Daniel, F., Obeidallah, S., Therriault, D. J., & Murray J. D. (2004, May). Memory for Known Information in a Text: Does it Decline Quickly? Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.

 

Obeidallah, S., & Raney, G. E. (2004, May). The Bilingual Phonological Advantage in Text Processing. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.

 

Murray, J., & Raney, G. E. (2003, May). Metacomprehension accuracy can improve with practice. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

 

Raney, G. E., & Murray, J. (2002, November). Metacomprehension accuracy can improve with practice. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, KA.

 

Miura, T., & Raney, G. E. (2002, November). Global discourse context influences lexical ambiguity resolution. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, KA.

 

Miura, T., & Raney, G. E. (2001, May). The accumulation of contextual strength and lexical ambiguity resolution. Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

 

Raney, G. E., Therriault, D., Obeidallah, S. & Miura, T. (2000, November). An integrated representation model of text repetition effects. Presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.

 

Raney, G. E., Therriault, D. J., & King, K. T. (2000, May). Memory for text vs. memory for memories of text: Are they the same? Presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

 

Raney, G. E., King, K. T., & Therriault, D. J. (2000, January). The stability of text memory: Measuring memory for text vs. memory for memories of text. Presented at the Winter Conference on Discourse, Text, and Cognition, Jackson Hole, WY.