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Multi-talker background and semantic priming effect.

Marie Dekerle¹, Véronique Boulenger², Michel Hoen³

¹Laboratoire sur le Langage, le Cerveau et la Cognition, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5304 Lyon, France ; University of Lyon Lyon, France.

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Informational masking in multi-talker speech occurs at the semantic level when background voices are intelligible. When masking is high, cognitive resources shift from semantic to acoustic processing, preventing semantic priming.

Keywords:

cocktail party cognitive load effortfulness hypothesis informational masking semantic priming

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Area of Science:

Auditory perception
Cognitive psychology
Speech processing

Background:

Informational masking in multi-talker environments is a significant challenge.
Understanding the role of semantic interference is crucial for auditory scene analysis.
Previous research has not fully elucidated the semantic underpinnings of informational masking.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if informational masking in multi-talker backgrounds relies on semantic interference.
To examine the influence of semantic consistency and intelligibility on target word processing.
To test the Effortfulness Hypothesis in the context of informational masking.

Main Methods:

Adapted semantic priming paradigm with a lexical decision task.
Participants processed target words embedded in backgrounds of 1-4 voices.
Background voices were either Semantically Consistent (SC) or Semantically Inconsistent (SI) with the target.

Main Results:

Semantic priming effect observed only when the number of SC voices exceeded SI voices.
Participants recognized target words even in highly intelligible, noisy backgrounds without semantic priming.
Informational masking can occur at the semantic level if intelligibility is sufficient.

Conclusions:

Semantic priming depends on prime intelligibility and strategic resource allocation.
High background voice counts reduce intelligibility, shifting cognitive resources from semantic to formal processing.
Informational masking can impair semantic processing when intelligibility is adequate, supporting the Effortfulness Hypothesis.