The Effect of Training-Induced Visual Imageability on Electrophysiological Correlates of Novel Word Processing.

ABSTRACT: The concreteness effect (CE) describes a processing advantage for concrete over abstract words. Electrophysiologically, the CE manifests in higher N400 and N700 amplitudes for concrete words. The contribution of the stimulus-inherent imageability to the electrophysiological correlates of the CE is not yet fully unraveled. This EEG study focused on the role of imageability irrespective of concreteness by examining the effects of training-induced visual imageability on the processing of novel words. In two training sessions, 21 healthy participants learned to associate novel words with pictures of novel objects as well as electron-microscopical structures and were additionally familiarized with novel words without any picture association. During a post-training EEG session, participants cate

SUBMITTER: Bechtold L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6165368 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature