Corroborating behavioral evidence for the interplay of representational richness and semantic control in semantic word processing.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to replicate and validate concreteness and context effects on semantic word processing. In Experiment 1, we replicated the behavioral findings of Hoffman et al. (Cortex 63,250-266, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.09.001 , 2015) by applying their cueing paradigm with their original stimuli translated into German. We found concreteness and contextual cues to facilitate word processing in a semantic judgment task with 55 healthy adults. The two factors interacted in their effect on reaction times: abstract word processing profited more strongly from a contextual cue, while the concrete words' processing advantage was reduced but still present. For accuracy, the descriptive pattern of results suggested an interaction, which was, however, not significant. In Experiment 2,

SUBMITTER: Bechtold L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature