Imageability effects in word naming: An individual differences analysis

被引:85
作者
Strain, E [1 ]
Herdman, CM
机构
[1] Anglia Polytech Univ, Dept Psychol, Cambridge, England
[2] Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE | 1999年 / 53卷 / 04期
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10.1037/h0087322
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The present research was designed to extend research by Strain, Patterson, and Seidenberg (1995) who found that imageability facilitates naming of low-frequency irregular words. Experiment 1 shows that the impact of imageability on word naming varies with phonological coding skill. In Experiment 2, the effect of imageability on naming low-frequency irregular words was shown to occur across an extended set: of items. Together, the present findings support the notion that semantics may play a role in phonological coding when the mappings between orthography and phonology are weak.
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