How well imageability, concreteness, perceptual strength, and action strength predict recognition memory, lexical decision, and reading aloud performance

Memory ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Maya M. Khanna ◽  
Michael J. Cortese
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Reading Aloud

Topographical distribution of the auditory N400 component during lexical decision and recognition memory tasks

2002 ◽  
Vol 1232 ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisao Tachibana ◽  
Hideaki Minamoto ◽  
Masanaka Takeda ◽  
Minoru Sugita
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Topographical Distribution ◽  
N400 Component

The influence of grammatical gender and suffix transparency in processing Italian written nouns

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria De Martino ◽  
Giulia Bracco ◽  
Francesca Postiglione ◽  
Alessandro Laudanna
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Lexical Access ◽  
Lexical Processing ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Grammatical Gender ◽  
Surface Form ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Default Option ◽  
Bare Nouns ◽  
Better Than

Abstract In some languages the grammatical gender of nouns can be probabilistically detected using formal cues; for instance, in Italian, the majority of feminine nouns end in ‘-a’(e.g., casa, ‘home’) and the majority of masculine nouns end in ‘-o’ (e.g., albero, ‘tree’). It has been hypothesized that the match/mismatch between the formal information of the suffix and the abstract grammatical information on gender affects lexical processing of nouns. An alternative account is that a default option available for gender poses constraints to mechanisms of lexical access for words exhibiting gender markers in the surface form. In the present study, nouns with highly predictive gender suffix (regular), nouns whose gender cannot be recovered from surface form (opaque) and nouns with misleading gender suffix (irregular) were compared in two reading aloud and two lexical decision experiments. Results confirmed that regular nouns are processed better than irregular nouns. No difference was detected between masculine and feminine opaque nouns. The results allow the conclusion that a formal gender feature (the gender orthographic regularity) is more likely to affect lexical processing of bare nouns than the activation of a gender default option.

Morphological Decomposition: Evidence from Crossed Phonological Dyslexia

1984 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remo Job ◽  
Giuseppe Sartori
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Lexical Access ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Morphological Decomposition ◽  
Lexical Decision Tasks ◽  
Decomposition Models ◽  
Decision Tasks

In this paper we report some clinical data relevant to the issue of whether or not words are decomposed into their constituent morphemes prior to lexical access during reading. The data were obtained from a crossed phonological dyslexic patient who produced many derivational errors in reading aloud. The experimental investigation consisted of a series of tests requiring either reading words and non-words aloud or lexical decision tasks. The results are interpreted as supporting decomposition models of lexical access. In particular, a revised version of the logogen model—which postulates visual recognizers for affixes—seems to fit the data very well.

scholarly journals Effect of word and syllable frequency on activation during lexical decision and reading aloud

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 963-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Carreiras ◽  
Andrea Mechelli ◽  
Cathy J. Price
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Syllable Frequency

Examining word processing via a megastudy of conditional reading aloud

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 2295-2313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Cortese ◽  
Mark Yates ◽  
Jocelyn Schock ◽  
Lizete Vilks
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Semantic Information ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Decision Performance ◽  
Pairwise Correlations ◽  
Monosyllabic Words

Results from a megastudy on conditional reading aloud for 2,145 monosyllabic words are reported. In stepwise regression analyses, the predictor variables accounted for over 66% of the reaction time (RT) variance. Linear mixed effect modelling on log RT indicated that every variable that related to RT in either reading aloud or lexical decision also related to RT in conditional reading aloud. Notably, differences among tasks were observed. Specifically, lexical decision showed stronger reliance on semantic information than the other two tasks, but conditional reading aloud also showed strong reliance on semantic information. Interestingly, feedback consistency affected reading aloud and conditional reading but not lexical decision. Pairwise correlations revealed that conditional reading aloud performance showed moderately strong relationships to lexical decision and reading aloud performance, whereas reading aloud and lexical decision performance were weakly related to each other. Conditional reading aloud produces reliable data that can be used to examine word processing. Theoretical challenges moving forward include how to best conceptualise and model processes involved in this task.

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