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Strategic control in word reading: evidence from speeded responding in the tempo-naming task
1Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. ckello@hei.org
Summary
Researchers explored strategic control in word reading using a tempo-naming task. Faster response times increased errors, suggesting "input gain" regulates processing speed.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psycholinguistics
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Understanding strategic control in cognitive tasks is crucial.
- Response initiation in word reading involves complex processing.
- Previous research explored hypotheses like route emphasis and time criterion.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate strategic control over response initiation in word reading.
- To introduce and validate the tempo-naming task.
- To propose a mechanism for controlling processing speed.
Main Methods:
- Participants performed a standard-naming task and a tempo-naming task.
- An experimentally controlled tempo guided response initiation.
- Latencies, durations, accuracy, and error types were measured.
Main Results:
- Tempo cues induced faster responses, shorter durations, and lower accuracy.
- Faster tempos reduced response latencies.
- Spelling-sound errors remained constant, while word, nonword, and articulatory errors increased.
Conclusions:
- The tempo-naming task effectively manipulated response initiation speed.
- Input gain is proposed as a mechanism for controlling processing speed.
- Input gain can explain findings related to strategic control in reading.