Different Loci of Semantic Interference in Picture Naming vs. Word-Picture Matching Tasks.

ABSTRACT: Naming pictures and matching words to pictures belonging to the same semantic category impairs performance relative to when stimuli come from different semantic categories (i.e., semantic interference). Despite similar semantic interference phenomena in both picture naming and word-picture matching tasks, the locus of interference has been attributed to different levels of the language system - lexical in naming and semantic in word-picture matching. Although both tasks involve access to shared semantic representations, the extent to which interference originates and/or has its locus at a shared level remains unclear, as these effects are often investigated in isolation. We manipulated semantic context in cyclical picture naming and word-picture matching tasks, and tested whether factors t

SUBMITTER: Harvey DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865493 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature