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Semantic and phonological schema influence spoken word learning and overnight consolidation.


ABSTRACT: We studied the initial acquisition and overnight consolidation of new spoken words that resemble words in the native language (L1) or in an unfamiliar, non-native language (L2). Spanish-speaking participants learned the spoken forms of novel words in their native language (Spanish) or in a different language (Hungarian), which were paired with pictures of familiar or unfamiliar objects, or no picture. We thereby assessed, in a factorial way, the impact of existing knowledge (schema) on word learning by manipulating both semantic (familiar vs unfamiliar objects) and phonological (L1- vs L2-like novel words) familiarity. Participants were trained and tested with a 12-hr intervening period that included overnight sleep or daytime awake. Our results showed (1) benefits of sleep to recognition memory that were greater for words with L2-like phonology and (2) that learned associations with familiar but not unfamiliar pictures enhanced recognition memory for novel words. Implications for complementary systems accounts of word learning are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Havas V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6711762 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Semantic and phonological schema influence spoken word learning and overnight consolidation.

Havas Viktória V   Taylor Jsh J   Vaquero Lucía L   de Diego-Balaguer Ruth R   Rodríguez-Fornells Antoni A   Davis Matthew H MH  

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) 20180119 6


We studied the initial acquisition and overnight consolidation of new spoken words that resemble words in the native language (L1) or in an unfamiliar, non-native language (L2). Spanish-speaking participants learned the spoken forms of novel words in their native language (Spanish) or in a different language (Hungarian), which were paired with pictures of familiar or unfamiliar objects, or no picture. We thereby assessed, in a factorial way, the impact of existing knowledge (schema) on word lear  ...[more]

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