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Adaptive processing in word production: Evidence from picture-word interference studies.

Jörg D Jescheniak¹, Stefan Wöhner¹, Herbert Schriefers²

¹Leipzig University, Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition

|December 26, 2023

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Lexical access adapts with word use, reducing interference from related words over time. This effect holds even with new word pairings, supporting adaptive models of word production.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Neuroscience of Language

Background:

Adaptive models propose that word production experience continually updates semantic-lexical connections.
Recent word use is thought to decrease the accessibility of semantically related competitors.

Purpose of the Study:

To test the hypothesis that repeated word production reduces semantic interference.
To investigate whether this reduction generalizes to novel semantic competitor-target pairings.

Main Methods:

Two picture-word interference experiments were conducted.
Semantic interference was measured by comparing picture naming latencies with related vs. unrelated distractor words.
Target-distractor mapping was manipulated as either fixed or variable across two measurement times.

Main Results:

Semantic interference decreased from the first to the second measurement time.
This reduction in interference was observed regardless of whether the target-distractor mapping was fixed or variable.
The findings indicate that lexical accessibility is modulated by prior production, even for new word combinations.

Conclusions:

Production-dependent changes in lexical accessibility are supported by the observed reduction in semantic interference.
The results generalize to new target-distractor combinations, strengthening the adaptive models of word production.