Understanding Sentences • 307●FIGURE 11.6 Two possible interpretations of “The spy saw the man with the
binoculars.”(a)(b)part of the sentence (in the box), the correct meaning emerges, which is that the apple
should be placed in the box. To infer what was happening in the participants’ mind,
Tanenhaus measured their eye movements as they were listening to the instructions,
using a portable eye tracker like the one in Figure 4.26 (page 101). Figure 11.7b shows
the result. Upon hearing “Put the apple on the towel,” the person looks at the apple (eye
movement 1) and then at the other towel (eye movement 2), indicating that the person’s
initial interpretation is that the apple should be moved to the other towel. However,●FIGURE 11.7 (a) One-apple scene similar to the one viewed by Tanenhaus et al.’s (1995)
participants; (b) eye movements made while comprehending the task.(a) One-apple condition (b) Eye movements1on the towel (2)in the box (3, 4)4 32Put the apple (1)© Bruce GoldsteinCopyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.