Effects of Listening Effort on Sentence Processing and Memory (Study 1)

"The sentences are designed such that a specific target word is either (a) Plausible (normal), (b) a semantic pragmatic violation, or (c) a morpho-syntactic violation. Example: e.g., Every morning at breakfast, the boys would (A: EAT)/ (B.PLANT )/ (C. EATS ) eggs..."

The sentences will be presented either A) in quiet, or B) with speech- shaped stationary background noise presented 3dB below the speech.