The performance of reanalysis invoked by garden path (GP) sentences can be
viewed as a cognitive task requiring the efficient use of different
functions driven by dopamine, e.g. working memory updating and inhibition
and flexibility. Resting-state eye blink rate (EBR) is an effective measure
of tonic dopamine activity. We investigate relations between EBR and
performance on reanalysis in GP sentences. Although the results do not
support a correlation between reanalysis performance and EBR, they do show
an inverted U-shape relation between dopamine levels and success in
paraphrasing, a process which also requires efficient use of working memory
and cognitive control