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Implicit memory for phonological processes in visual stem completion.

J G Rueckl1, S Mathew

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA. rueckl@psych.psy.uconn.edu

Memory & Cognition
|March 24, 1999
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Repetition priming for words involves phonological processing, even when stimuli are visual. This phonological component explains how hearing or seeing one homophone primes recognition of its counterpart.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neuroscience of Language

Background:

  • Repetition priming is a phenomenon where exposure to a stimulus influences the response to a subsequent stimulus.
  • The role of phonology (the sound system of language) in visual word recognition and priming remains an active area of research.
  • Homophones, words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings (e.g., week/weak), provide a unique test case for investigating phonological influences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the contribution of phonological information to repetition priming effects.
  • To determine if phonological processing occurs during visual word recognition tasks.
  • To examine whether priming effects for homophones are mediated by their shared sound form.

Main Methods:

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  • Four experiments were conducted using a combination of cross-modal and visual priming paradigms.
  • Participants performed semantic judgment tasks on spoken words and visual stem completion tasks with visual word stimuli.
  • Homophones were used as prime stimuli to test for cross-modal and visual priming effects.

Main Results:

  • Priming effects were observed to transfer across different interpretations of homophones (e.g., 'week' primed both 'week' and 'weak').
  • This cross-homophone priming occurred regardless of whether the prime was spoken or seen.
  • Experiment 4 demonstrated that the observed homophone priming could not be explained by orthographic (spelling) similarity alone.

Conclusions:

  • Repetition priming, particularly in visual word completion tasks, incorporates a significant phonological component.
  • Phonological representations are activated and play a role even when visual stimuli are presented.
  • These findings support models of word recognition that integrate both visual and phonological processing pathways.