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  • Neuroscience
  • Linguistics

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  • Generative activities can impede the retrieval of related concepts and words.
  • Semantic interference is linked to adaptive learning mechanisms that prioritize certain information while suppressing competing information.
  • Memory literature suggests that suppressing competing information during learning may enhance subsequent relearning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the claim of enhanced relearning after suppression applies to lexical access.
  • To assess adaptive learning processes during the generation of taxonomically related words.
  • To examine the temporal dynamics of learning and relearning in conceptual-lexical access.

Main Methods:

  • A modified retrieval practice and relearning design was employed.
  • Participants generated taxonomically related words in phases.
  • Semantic interference and relearning effects were measured across category member ordinal positions.

Main Results:

  • Cumulative semantic interference was observed across category member ordinal positions within each phase.
  • Persistent semantic interference was evident in the final assessment phase without relearning.
  • Naming performance was equivalent for activated and control conditions after relearning.

Conclusions:

  • Adaptive learning processes in conceptual-lexical access show cumulative semantic interference.
  • Relearning does not enhance performance for well-learned conceptual-lexical links.
  • Enhanced relearning appears primarily beneficial for novel learning episodes, not established connections.