Cross-language phonological activation in bilingual visual word recognition
A meta-analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21640451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nan Zhang (0000-0002-8032-275X), Zhiyi Wu (0000-0002-3215-0092), Min Wang (0000-0001-8567-8125) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 2059-2089 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-9384 • E-ISSN: 1531-5320 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3758/s13423-025-02692-8 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 109 |
Numerous studies have investigated whether phonological activation in the bilingual lexicon is selective or non-selective, using the classic masked priming paradigm that manipulates the phonological relatedness between primes and targets across two languages. The priming effects, however, are mixed: some studies reported reduced reaction times due to the homophone primes, while others observed non-significant priming. In this meta-analysis, we sought to systematically examine whether there is indeed cross-language phonological priming and to identify the factors that may moderate its magnitude. Analyzing 75 effects from 23 articles, we observed a significant, facilitative phonological priming effect (standardized mean difference Hedge’s g = 0.45, SE = 0.07, p
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |