Differences in Working Memory Capacity Affect Online Spoken Word Recognition: Evidence From Eye Movements.

ABSTRACT: Individual differences in working memory capacity have been gaining recognition as playing an important role in speech comprehension, especially in noisy environments. Using the visual world eye-tracking paradigm, a recent study by Hadar and coworkers found that online spoken word recognition was slowed when listeners were required to retain in memory a list of four spoken digits (high load) compared with only one (low load). In the current study, we recognized that the influence of a digit preload might be greater for individuals who have a more limited memory span. We compared participants with higher and lower memory spans on the time course for spoken word recognition by testing eye-fixations on a named object, relative to fixations on an object whose name shared phonology with the nam

SUBMITTER: Nitsan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480998 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature