Bias effects in facilitatory phonological priming

Dennis Norris; James M. McQueen; Anne Cutler

Bias effects in facilitatory phonological priming

Dennis Norris, James M. McQueen, Anne Cutler

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Abstract

In four experiments, we examined the facilitation that occurs when spoken-word targets rhyme with preceding spoken primes. In Experiment 1, listenersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ lexical decisions were faster to words following rhyming words (e.g., rampÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“LAMP) than to words following unrelated primes (e.g., pinkÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“LAMP). No facilitation was observed for nonword targets. Targets that almost rhymed with their primes (foils; e.g., bulkÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“SULSH) were included in Experiment 2; facilitation for rhyming targets was severely attenuated. Experiments 3 and 4 were single-word shadowing variants of the earlier experiments. There was facilitation for both rhyming words and nonwords; the presence of foils had no significant influence on the priming effect. A major component of the facilitation in lexical decision appears to be strategic: Listeners are biased to say ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã…"yesÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‚Â to targets that rhyme with their primes, unless foils discourage this strategy. The nonstrategic component of phonological facilitation may reflect speech perception processes that operate prior to lexical access.

Original language	English
Number of pages	13
Journal	Memory and Cognition
Publication status	Published - 2002

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language and languages
lexicology
phonology
speech perception

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