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Examining Bilingual Language Control Using the Stroop Task

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Response Modality and the Stroop Task.

Benjamin A Parris¹, Dinkar Sharma², Brendan S Hackett Weekes^3,4,5,6,7,8

¹Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.

Experimental Psychology

|November 8, 2019

Summary

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Response mode does not alter phonological processing in the Stroop task. Phonological overlap between the irrelevant word and color name facilitated responses regardless of whether participants responded manually or vocally.

Keywords:

Stroop facilitation phonological response mode selective attention

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Human Behavior

Background:

The Stroop task literature features a debate on whether response methods influence irrelevant dimension processing.
Existing models offer differing predictions on how response modes affect phonological and semantic processing of irrelevant words, leading to varied Stroop effects.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if response mode (manual vs. vocal) impacts phonological facilitation from the irrelevant word in the Stroop task.
To test for evidence of a serial print-to-speech prelexical phonological processing route across different response modes.

Main Methods:

A within-subject design was employed to examine Stroop effects.
Phonological overlap between the irrelevant word and color name was manipulated at initial and final phoneme positions.

Main Results:

Phonological overlap between the irrelevant word and color name consistently produced facilitation.
This facilitation effect was observed irrespective of whether manual or vocal responses were used.

Conclusions:

The findings suggest that response mode does not qualitatively alter phonological processing in the Stroop task.
Evidence supports a consistent phonological processing route regardless of response modality.