Phonological Neighborhood Density and Type Modulate Visual Recognition of Mandarin Chinese: Evidence from Monosyllabic Words.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Examining the influence of phonological neighborhoods on the early stages of visual word recognition provides insights into the architecture and dynamics of lexical representation and processing.

Methods

Using event-related potentials (ERPs), this investigation explored how phonological neighborhood density (PND; large vs. small) and type (PNT; tone-edit vs. constituent-edit neighbors) influence the recognition of monosyllabic words in Mandarin Chinese. Participants engaged in a priming paradigm combined with a visual lexical decision task.

Results

Behavioral data demonstrated the main effect of PNT: words with tone-edit neighbors produced greater processing inhibition compared to those with constituent-edit neighbors. ERP results revealed that large PND en

SUBMITTER: Jiao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12730931 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature