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  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Taboo interference is a well-documented phenomenon in speech production.
  • Sequence effects, or trial-to-trial facilitation, can influence cognitive processes.
  • Attentional control plays a crucial role in managing interference during cognitive tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if sequence effects reduce taboo interference during picture naming.
  • To examine the role of attentional control in modulating taboo interference.
  • To explore the impact of preceding trial congruency and emotional valence on taboo interference.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed a picture naming task with congruent or incongruent distractor words.
  • Distractor words varied in emotional valence (taboo or neutral).
  • Sequence effects were analyzed by comparing naming times based on the preceding trial's characteristics.

Main Results:

  • Taboo interference was reduced when incongruent-taboo trials followed incongruent-neutral trials, compared to congruent-neutral trials.
  • Naming times for incongruent-taboo trials did not differ based on the emotional valence of the preceding incongruent trial.
  • These findings suggest that attentional control can mitigate some, but not all, forms of taboo interference related to sequence effects.

Conclusions:

  • Sequence effects, modulated by attentional control, can reduce taboo interference in speech production.
  • Limitations exist in attentional mechanisms for managing taboo interference, particularly concerning the emotional content of preceding trials.
  • The study contributes to understanding attentional control accounts of sequence effects in language production.