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The picture-word interference effect is not a Stroop effect.

R Dell'Acqua1, R Job, F Peressotti

  • 1Università di Padova, Padova, Italy. dar@unipd.it

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|November 2, 2007
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The psychological refractory period (PRP) paradigm revealed that picture-word interference in naming occurs earlier than the PRP bottleneck. This suggests central mechanisms are involved in selecting lexical output during word production.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The picture-word interference effect is a common finding in studies of word production.
  • The psychological refractory period (PRP) paradigm is used to investigate processing bottlenecks in cognitive tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To pinpoint the exact stage of word production where picture-word interference occurs.
  • To differentiate the timing of interference effects from the PRP bottleneck.

Main Methods:

  • A PRP paradigm was employed with sequential presentation of stimuli (tone and picture-word).
  • Varying stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) was manipulated between the two stimuli.
  • Picture-word stimuli included conceptually related or unrelated distractor words.

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Main Results:

  • A significant picture-word interference effect was observed at long SOAs.
  • No interference effect was found at short SOAs.
  • An underadditive interaction between SOA and semantic relatedness indicated interference occurs before the PRP locus.

Conclusions:

  • The locus of picture-word interference in naming is functionally earlier than the PRP bottleneck.
  • Central mechanisms play a crucial role in the selection of lexical output during word production.