Examining long-term repetition priming effects in spoken word recognition using computer mouse tracking.

Area of Science:

• Cognitive Psychology
• Psycholinguistics
• Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

• Long-term repetition priming is a known phenomenon in spoken word recognition.
• Previous research utilized tasks like lexical decision and shadowing.
• The time course of priming effects using computer mouse tracking remained unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate long-term repetition priming effects using computer mouse tracking.
• To determine the time course of these priming effects.
• To compare in-person and online experimental environments.

Main Methods:

• Participants performed lexical decision tasks using computer mouse tracking.
• Responses were analyzed for accuracy, reaction time, and mouse trajectories.
• Experiments were conducted both in-person and online.

Main Results:

• Participants responded more efficiently to primed words than unprimed words across all measures and environments.
• Exploratory analysis showed more errors for primed nonwords compared to unprimed nonwords.
• No significant differences were found for nonword reaction times or mouse trajectories.

Conclusions:

• Computer mouse tracking is a viable method for studying long-term repetition priming.
• The findings confirm the presence of long-term repetition priming effects in mouse tracking data.
• This methodology is expected to facilitate future research on the temporal dynamics of priming for words and nonwords.