Is There an Orthographic Boost for Ambiguous Words During Their Processing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11052166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Haro (0000-0002-3456-4731, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, corresponding author), Montserrat Comesaña (0000-0003-2547-7684, University of Minho), Pilar Ferré (0000-0002-3192-0040, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 519-534 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6905 • E-ISSN: 1573-6555 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10936-018-9616-1 |
| PMID | 30478738 |
| OpenAlex | W2902478769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
The present study explores the issue of why ambiguous words are recognized faster than unambiguous ones during word recognition. To this end we contrasted two different hypotheses: the semantic feedback hypothesis (Hino and Lupker in J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 22:1331-1356, 1996. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.22.6.1331 ), and the hypothesis proposed by Borowsky and Masson (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cognit 22:63-85, 1996. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.22.1.63 ). Although both hypotheses agree that ambiguous words benefit during recognition in that they engage more semantic activation, they disagree as to whether or not this greater semantic activation feeds back to the orthographic level, hence speeding up the orthographic coding of ambiguous words. Participants were presented with ambiguous and unambiguous words in two tasks, a lexical decision task (LDT) and a two-alternative forced-choice task (2AFC). We found differences between ambiguous and unambiguous words in both the LDT and the 2AFC tasks. These results suggest that the orthographic coding of ambiguous words is boosted during word processing. This finding lends support to the semantic feedback hypothesis
Coding (social sciences) · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Lexical decision task · Lexico · Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Orthographic projection · Percept · Perception · Psycholinguistics · Speech recognition · Task (project management) · Word (group theory) · Word processing · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Mathematics · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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