Dermot Lynott

Biographic Data

ID2750836
NAMEDermot Lynott
GIVEN NAMESDermot
FAMILY NAMELynott
SIGNATURELYNOTT D
AFFILIATIONSLancaster University
ORCID0000-0001-7338-0567
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Core Vocabulary Reveals Differences Between Human Word Prediction and Large Language Models

    Open AccessAndrew Wang, Simon De Deyne et al.EDITORARTICLECollabra2026

    The question of which words are the most central or important to a language has been explored in various ways. In this study, we propose definitions of core vocabulary that are based on how language is learned, represented, and processed from psychological perspectives, and test these on a word prediction task. We aim to (1) compare core vocabulary based on word frequency in natural language, word association network centrality, and age-of-acquis…

  • What we mean when we say semantic

    Open AccessJamie Reilly, Cory Shain et al.ARTICLEPsychonomic Bulletin & Review2025

    Tulving characterized semantic memory as a vast repository of meaning that underlies language and many other cognitive processes. This perspective on lexical and conceptual knowledge galvanized a new era of research undertaken by numerous fields, each with their own idiosyncratic methods and terminology. For example, “concept” has different meanings in philosophy, linguistics, and psychology. As such, many fundamental constructs used to delineate…

  • Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages

    Open AccessSau-Chin Chen, Erin M Buchanan et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2025

    Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations of objects mentioned in sentences. Mental representation is often measured with the sentence-picture verification task, wherein participants first read a sentence that implies the object property (i.e., shape and orientation). Participants then respond to an image of an object by indicating whether it was an object from the sentenc…

  • A registered report survey of open research practices in psychology departments in the UK and Ireland

    Open AccessPaul Silverstein, Charlotte R Pennington et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Psychology2024References: 52

    Open research practices seek to enhance the transparency and reproducibility of research. While there is evidence of increased uptake in these practices, such as study preregistration and open data, facilitated by new infrastructure and policies, little research has assessed general uptake of such practices across psychology university researchers. The current study estimates psychologists' level of engagement in open research practices across un…

  • The effects of sensorimotor and linguistic information on the basic-level advantage

    Open AccessRens van Hoef, Louise Connell et al.ARTICLECognition2023

    The basic-level advantage is one of the best-known effects in human categorisation. Traditional accounts argue that basic-level categories present a maximally informative or entry level into a taxonomic organisation of concepts in semantic memory. However, these explanations are not fully compatible with most recent views on the structure of the conceptual system such as linguistic-simulation accounts, which emphasise the dual role of sensorimoto…

  • The Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms

    Open AccessDermot Lynott, Louise Connell et al.ARTICLEBehavior Research Methods2020

    Sensorimotor information plays a fundamental role in cognition. However, the existing materials that measure the sensorimotor basis of word meanings and concepts have been restricted in terms of their sample size and breadth of sensorimotor experience. Here we present norms of sensorimotor strength for 39,707 concepts across six perceptual modalities (touch, hearing, smell, taste, vision, and interoception) and five action effectors (mouth/throat…

  • Commentary and Rejoinder on

    Lawrence E Williams, Katherine S Corker et al.ARTICLESocial Psychology2014Cited by: 1

  • Replication of "Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth" by

    Open AccessDermot Lynott, Katherine S Corker et al.ARTICLESocial Psychology2014Cited by: 10References: 12

    We report the results of three high-powered, independent replications of Study 2 from Williams and Bargh (2008) . Participants evaluated hot or cold instant therapeutic packs before choosing a reward for participation that was framed as a prosocial (i.e., treat for a friend) or self-interested reward (i.e., treat for the self). Williams and Bargh predicted that evaluating the hot pack would lead to a higher probability of making a prosocial choic…

  • Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control

    Open AccessKerry O’brien, Walter Forrest et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2013

    OBJECTIVE: Racism is related to policies preferences and behaviors that adversely affect blacks and appear related to a fear of blacks (e.g., increased policing, death penalty). This study examined whether racism is also related to gun ownership and opposition to gun controls in US whites. METHOD: The most recent data from the American National Election Study, a large representative US sample, was used to test relationships between racism, gun ow…