Equal homophonic priming with words and pseudohomophones

Number 1243
Year 2002
Drawer 23
Entry Date 02/27/2002
Authors Lukatela, G., Eaton, T., Lee, C.H., Carello, C., & Turvey, M.T.
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Publication Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 28, 3-21
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Abstract The hypothesis that the earliest representations in visual processing of print are activated word-specific units leads to the expectation that homophonic priming (HP) should be greater for word pairs than pseudohomophone pairs. Ten experiments with naming disconfirmed this hypothesis. At interstimulus intervals of 0, 129, 516, and 930 ms, HP for pseudohomophones (e.g., HOEZ-hoze vs HOGZ-hoze) equaled HP for words (e.g., KNOWS-nose vs KNEES-nose). The complementary finding of negative HP with pseudohomophones relative to positive HP with words was found in an additional investigation of lexical decision. The results confirm a critical early stage in visual word recognition, in which words are represented in purely phonological form, and implicate equal speeds in dual-route models for nonlexical and lexical processing.
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