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Conjunction errors and semantic transparency.

Mungchen Wong1, Caren M Rotello

  • 1University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-7710, USA.

Memory & Cognition
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Memory conjunction errors occur when event details are misattributed. This study found that semantically transparent compound words increase familiarity, potentially leading to more memory errors, unlike opaque compounds.

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Using Eye Movements Recorded in the Visual World Paradigm to Explore the Online Processing of Spoken Language
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Published on: October 13, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Memory conjunction errors involve falsely merging details from different events.
  • Dual-process models explain recognition via familiarity or recollection.
  • Compound word transparency influences familiarity and memory.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of semantic transparency in compound words on memory conjunction errors.
  • To test whether familiarity or recollection drives these errors.

Main Methods:

  • Manipulated familiarity by varying semantic overlap in compound words (transparent vs. opaque).
  • Used assembly lures based on component words (lexemes).
  • Employed a response-signal experiment to assess recall-to-reject processes.

Main Results:

  • Semantically transparent compound lures (e.g., "doghouse") showed higher familiarity than opaque lures (e.g., "drawback").
  • No evidence for a recall-to-reject strategy was found for either type of lure.

Conclusions:

  • Semantic transparency of compound words significantly impacts familiarity.
  • Familiarity, influenced by semantic transparency, may contribute to memory conjunction errors.
  • The recall-to-reject process does not appear to mediate these errors in this paradigm.