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Gitit Kavé¹, Hagit Bar Ze'ev, Anita Lev

¹Tel Aviv University, Israel. gkave@012.net.il

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Summary

Individuals with impaired phonological short-term memory can still process Hebrew derivational morphology. This suggests morphological decomposition is independent of phonological short-term memory storage.

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology

Background:

Investigates Hebrew derivational morphology processing in an individual with deficient phonological short-term memory (S.E.).
Compares S.E. to 10 age- and education-matched controls.

Observation:

S.E. showed deficits in digit span tasks and word list recall (no recency effect).
Exhibited phonological similarity and word length effects, intact lexical decision ability.
Learned semantically and morphologically related pairs, but not phonologically related pairs.

Findings:

S.E. demonstrated successful learning of nonwords facilitated by Hebrew consonant roots.
Semantic and morphological similarity enhanced immediate word recall.
Capable of morphological decomposition of Hebrew-derived words despite phonological deficit.

Implications:

Transient maintenance of morphological constituents is independent of temporary storage and rehearsal of phonological codes.
Suggests separate processing pathways within short-term memory for morphological and phonological information.
Provides insights into the cognitive architecture of language processing.