On the categorical nature of the semantic interference effect in the picture-word interference paradigm |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Albert?CostaEmail author F-Xavier?Alario Alfonso?Caramazza |
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Institution: | Departamento de Psicología Basica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. acosta@psi.ub.es |
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Abstract: | Two picture-word interference experiments are reported in which the boundaries of the semantic interference effect are explored.
In both experiments, participants named pictures (e.g., a picture of a car) that appeared with superimposed word distractors.
Distractor words from the same semantic category as the word for the picture (e.g., CAR) produced semantic interference, whereas
semantically related distractors from a different category (e.g.,Bumper) led to semantic facilitation. In Experiment 2, the semantic facilitation from semantically related distractors was replicated.
These results indicate that a semantic relationship between picture and distractor does not necessarily lead to interference
and in fact can lead to facilitation. In all but one case tested until now, a semantic relationship between picture and distractor
has led to semantic facilitation. The implications of these results for the assumption that the semantic interference effect
arises as a consequence of lexical competition are discussed. |
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