Evaluating a split processing model of visual word recognition: Effects of orthographic neighborhood size

2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Lavidor
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word ◽  
Neighborhood Size ◽  
Orthographic Neighborhood ◽  
Orthographic Neighborhood Size

scholarly journals Interplay of bigram frequency and orthographic neighborhood statistics in language membership decision

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 578-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
YULIA OGANIAN ◽  
MARKUS CONRAD ◽  
ARASH ARYANI ◽  
HAUKE R. HEEKEREN ◽  
KATHARINA SPALEK
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Visual Word ◽  
Bigram Frequency ◽  
Neighborhood Size ◽  
Orthographic Neighborhood ◽  
Lexical Statistics ◽  
Language Membership

Language-specific orthography (i.e., letters or bigrams that exist in only one language) is known to facilitate language membership recognition. Yet the contribution of continuous sublexical and lexical statistics to language membership decisions during visual word processing is unknown. Here, we used pseudo-words to investigate whether continuous sublexical and lexical statistics bias explicit language decisions (Experiment 1) and language attribution during naming (Experiment 2). We also asked whether continuous statistics would have an effect in the presence of orthographic markers. Language attribution in both experiments was influenced by lexical neighborhood size differences between languages, even in presence of orthographic markers. Sublexical frequencies of occurrence affected reaction times only for unmarked pseudo-words in both experiments, with greater effects in naming. Our results indicate that bilinguals rely on continuous language-specific statistics at sublexical and lexical levels to infer language membership. Implications are discussed with respect to models of bilingual visual word recognition.

The Sound of Enemies and Friends in the Neighborhood

2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 454-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Pecher ◽  
Inge Boot ◽  
Saskia van Dantzig ◽  
Carol J. Madden ◽  
David E. Huber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Classification Performance ◽  
Visual Word ◽  
Orthographic Neighborhood ◽  
Semantic Classification ◽  
Semantic Class ◽  
Orthographic Neighbors ◽  
Target Words

Previous studies (e.g., Pecher, Zeelenberg, & Wagenmakers, 2005) found that semantic classification performance is better for target words with orthographic neighbors that are mostly from the same semantic class (e.g., living) compared to target words with orthographic neighbors that are mostly from the opposite semantic class (e.g., nonliving). In the present study we investigated the contribution of phonology to orthographic neighborhood effects by comparing effects of phonologically congruent orthographic neighbors (book-hook) to phonologically incongruent orthographic neighbors (sand-wand). The prior presentation of a semantically congruent word produced larger effects on subsequent animacy decisions when the previously presented word was a phonologically congruent neighbor than when it was a phonologically incongruent neighbor. In a second experiment, performance differences between target words with versus without semantically congruent orthographic neighbors were larger if the orthographic neighbors were also phonologically congruent. These results support models of visual word recognition that assume an important role for phonology in cascaded access to meaning.

Effects of Masked Repetition Priming and Orthographic Neighborhood in Visual Recognition of Words

1996 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Perea ◽  
Arcadio Gotor
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Stimulus Onset Asynchrony ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Repetition Priming ◽  
Stimulus Onset ◽  
Neighborhood Size ◽  
Orthographic Neighborhood ◽  
Neighborhood Frequency ◽  
Masked Repetition ◽  
Onset Asynchrony

The role of orthographic neighborhood (neighborhood size and neighborhood frequency) in visual-word recognition was analyzed using the masked repetition-priming paradigm. Specifically, we varied stimulus-onset asynchrony (33, 50, and 67 msec.) and type of prime (identical, unrelated, unprimed) in a lexical-decision task. Analyses show additive effects of repetition and stimulus-onset asynchrony. Further, the unrelated condition overestimated the repetition effects relative to an unprimed condition. Facilitatory effects of neighborhood size and inhibitory effects of neighborhood frequency were also found. The results are interpreted in terms of current models of visual-word recognition.

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