Haskins Publications

Number	1351
Year	2004
Drawer	25
Entry Date	01/31/2008
Authors	Shockley, Kevin, Sabadini, Laura and Fowler, Carol
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Publication	Perception & Psychophysics 2004, 66 (3), pp. 422-429.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1351.pdf
Abstract	Imitation of shadowed words was evaluated using Goldinger’s (1998) AXB paradigm. The first experiment was a replication of Goldinger’s experiments with different tokens. Experiment 1’s AXB tests showed that shadowed words were judged to be better imitations of target words than were baseline (read) counterparts more often than chance (.50). Order of presentation of baseline and shadowed words in the AXB test also significantly influenced judgements. Degree of prior exposure to token words did not significantly influence judgements of imitation. Experiment 2 employed modified target tokens with extended voice onset times (VOTs). In addition to AXB tests, VOTs of response tokens were compared across baseline and shadowing conditions. The AXB tests revealed shadowed words to be better imitations of target tokens than baseline, without an influence of AXB presentation order. Differences between baseline and shadowing VOTs were greater when VOTs were extended. The implications of spontaneous imitation in nonsocial settings are considered.
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