Effects of irrelevant unintelligible and intelligible background speech on spoken language production.

ABSTRACT: Earlier work has explored spoken word production during irrelevant background speech such as intelligible and unintelligible word lists. The present study compared how different types of irrelevant background speech (word lists vs. sentences) influenced spoken word production relative to a quiet control condition, and whether the influence depended on the intelligibility of the background speech. Experiment 1 presented native Dutch speakers with Chinese word lists and sentences. Experiment 2 presented a similar group with Dutch word lists and sentences. In both experiments, the lexical selection demands in speech production were manipulated by varying name agreement (high vs. low) of the to-be-named pictures. Results showed that background speech, regardless of its intelligibility, disrupt

SUBMITTER: He J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11295403 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature