Semantic priming over unrelated trials: evidence for different effects in word and picture naming.

Full Abstract

Two naming experiments are reported that replicated previous findings of semantic interference as a result of naming related word or picture primes three trials before picture targets. We also examined whether semantic interference occurred when the materials were reversed and picture or word primes were named before word targets. The interest in semantic interference during word naming followed a suggestion made by Humphreys, Lloyd-Jones, and Fias (1995) that word naming, like picture naming, may be reliant on a semantic route to name retrieval when the two stimuli are mixed. In contrast to their findings, we found no evidence for semantic interference during target word naming; in fact, we found facilitation from related picture primes. No priming was found for the related word prime and word target condition. The data allow us to rule out the possibility that word naming is reliant on a semantic route when mixed with pictures in this priming paradigm and to conclude that there is no clear evidence of semantic activation during word naming. We also conclude, in line with other research, that word naming and picture naming involve different processes.

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Author information

Author/s: Vitkovitch, Melanie (M); Cooper-Pye, Elisa (E); Leadbetter, Antony G (AG);

Affiliation: School of Psychology, University of East London, London, England. m.vitkovitch(-atsign-)uel.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Memory & cognition (Mem Cognit), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Apr; vol 34 (issue 3) : pp 715-25

Dates: Created 2006/08/28; Completed 2006/09/21; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16933776, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adolescent
Adult
Cognition
Female
Humans
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