Do we access meaning when we name Arabic digits? Electrophysiological evidence

Bibliographic Data

ID9620447
AuthorsPedro Macizo (0000-0003-0139-5625, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, Spain) University of Granada Spain, corresponding author), Alejandro Álvarez (0000-0003-1550-5653, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, Spain) University of Granada Spain), Alejandro Esteban Álvarez (0000-0003-0588-4047, Universidad de Granada)
Year2018
Volume109
Issue4
Pages879-896
Publication date2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjop.12320
PMID29893048
OpenAlexW2807790291
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited55

In this study, we evaluated whether the naming of Arabic digits required access to semantic information. Participants named pictures and Arabic digits blocked by category or intermixed with exemplars of other categories while behavioural and electrophysiological measures were gathered. Pictures were named slower and Arabic digits faster in the blocked context relative to the mixed context. Around 350–450 ms after the presentation of pictures and Arabic digits, brain waves were more positive in anterior regions and more negative in posterior regions when the blocked context was compared with the mixed context. The pattern of electrophysiological results suggests that pictures and Arabic digits are both processed semantically and they are subject to repetition effects during the naming task

Arabic · Arabic numerals · Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology) · Electrophysiology · Linguistics · Repetition (rhetorical device) · Task (project management) · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · History · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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