Is lexical retrieval in speech production like recall or recognition? The effects of word frequency and neighbourhood size

Siobhan B. G. MacAndrew; Trevor A. Harley; Sheila Colgan

Is lexical retrieval in speech production like recall or recognition? The effects of word frequency and neighbourhood size

Siobhan B. G. MacAndrew, Trevor A. Harley, Sheila Colgan

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We investigate the effects of word frequency and lexical neighbourhood density on word recall and recognition. We found a three-way interaction between memory task, the size of lexical neighbourhood of a target word, and target word frequency. In particular, performance on low frequency words with many lexical neighbours was surprisingly good in the recognition condition. The results show that the number of lexical neighbours of the target moderates the word frequency effect in recognition. Large neighbourhood size always has a facilitatory effect upon performance. The findings are contrasted with those observed in lexical access in speech production.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Editors	Lila R. Gleitman, Aravind K. Joshi
Place of Publication	Mahwah, NJ
Publisher	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Pages	328-334
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9780805838794, 0805838791
Publication status	Published - 2000
Event	22nd Annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society - Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States Duration: 13 Aug 2000 → 15 Aug 2000 Conference number: 22nd

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Conference	22nd Annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Abbreviated title	CogSci2000
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia
Period	13/08/00 → 15/08/00

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Word recognition

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MacAndrew, S. B. G., Harley, T. A., & Colgan, S. (2000). Is lexical retrieval in speech production like recall or recognition? The effects of word frequency and neighbourhood size. In L. R. Gleitman, & A. K. Joshi (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 328-334). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/proceedings/2000/COGSCI00.pdf

MacAndrew, Siobhan B. G. ; Harley, Trevor A. ; Colgan, Sheila. / Is lexical retrieval in speech production like recall or recognition? The effects of word frequency and neighbourhood size. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. editor / Lila R. Gleitman ; Aravind K. Joshi. Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. pp. 328-334

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MacAndrew, SBG, Harley, TA & Colgan, S 2000, Is lexical retrieval in speech production like recall or recognition? The effects of word frequency and neighbourhood size. in LR Gleitman & AK Joshi (eds), Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, pp. 328-334, 22nd Annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 13/08/00. <http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/proceedings/2000/COGSCI00.pdf>

Is lexical retrieval in speech production like recall or recognition? The effects of word frequency and neighbourhood size. / MacAndrew, Siobhan B. G.; Harley, Trevor A.; Colgan, Sheila.

Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. ed. / Lila R. Gleitman; Aravind K. Joshi. Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. p. 328-334.

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Is lexical retrieval in speech production like recall or recognition? The effects of word frequency and neighbourhood size

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