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Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors

Spoken production requires lexical selection, guided by the conceptual representation of the to-be-named target. Currently, the question whether lexical selection is subject to competition is hotly debated. In the picture-word interference task, manipulating the visibility of written distractor word...

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Autores principales: Damian, Markus F., Spalek, Katharina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368594
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01183
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description Spoken production requires lexical selection, guided by the conceptual representation of the to-be-named target. Currently, the question whether lexical selection is subject to competition is hotly debated. In the picture-word interference task, manipulating the visibility of written distractor words provides important insights: clearly visible categorically related distractors cause interference whereas masked distractors induce facilitation (Finkbeiner and Caramazza, 2006). Now you see it, now you don't: On turning semantic interference into facilitation in a Stoop-like task. We explored the effect of distractor masking in more depth by investigating its interplay with different types of semantic overlap. Specifically, we contrasted categorical with associatively based relatedness. For the former, we replicated the polarity reversal in semantic effects dependent on whether distractors were masked or not. Post-experimental visibility tests showed that weak semantic facilitation with masked distractors did not depend on individual variability in participants' ability to perceive the distractors. Associatively related distractors showed facilitation with non-masked presentation, but little effect when masked. Overall, the results suggest that it is primarily distractor activation strength which determines whether semantic effects are facilitatory or interfering in PWI tasks.
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spelling pubmed-42027022014-11-03 Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors Damian, Markus F. Spalek, Katharina Front Psychol Psychology Spoken production requires lexical selection, guided by the conceptual representation of the to-be-named target. Currently, the question whether lexical selection is subject to competition is hotly debated. In the picture-word interference task, manipulating the visibility of written distractor words provides important insights: clearly visible categorically related distractors cause interference whereas masked distractors induce facilitation (Finkbeiner and Caramazza, 2006). Now you see it, now you don't: On turning semantic interference into facilitation in a Stoop-like task. We explored the effect of distractor masking in more depth by investigating its interplay with different types of semantic overlap. Specifically, we contrasted categorical with associatively based relatedness. For the former, we replicated the polarity reversal in semantic effects dependent on whether distractors were masked or not. Post-experimental visibility tests showed that weak semantic facilitation with masked distractors did not depend on individual variability in participants' ability to perceive the distractors. Associatively related distractors showed facilitation with non-masked presentation, but little effect when masked. Overall, the results suggest that it is primarily distractor activation strength which determines whether semantic effects are facilitatory or interfering in PWI tasks. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4202702/ /pubmed/25368594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01183 Text en Copyright © 2014 Damian and Spalek. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors
title Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors
title_full Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors
title_fullStr Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors
title_full_unstemmed Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors
title_short Processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors
title_sort processing different kinds of semantic relations in picture-word interference with non-masked and masked distractors
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368594
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01183
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