A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions
In this work, we use a mathematical model of the property listing task dynamics and test its ability to predict processing time in semantic and lexical decision tasks. The study aims at exploring the temporal dynamics of semantic access in these tasks and showing that the mathematical model captures...
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| description | In this work, we use a mathematical model of the property listing task dynamics and test its ability to predict processing time in semantic and lexical decision tasks. The study aims at exploring the temporal dynamics of semantic access in these tasks and showing that the mathematical model captures essential aspects of semantic access, beyond the original task for which it was developed. In two studies using the semantic and lexical decision tasks, we used the mathematical model’s coefficients to predict reaction times. Results showed that the model was able to predict processing time in both tasks, accounting for an independent portion of the total variance, relative to variance predicted by traditional psycholinguistic variables (i.e., frequency, familiarity, concreteness imageability). Overall, this study provides evidence of the mathematical model’s validity and generality, and offers insights regarding the characterization of concrete and abstract words. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9b45fc5578c43ada8811bde5d79904e2024-04-11T09:21:59ZengCambridge University PressLanguage and Cognition1866-98081866-985912310.1017/langcog.2024.17A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisionsSergio E. Chaigneau0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8642-6325Nicolás Marchant1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7891-1005Enrique Canessa2Nerea Aldunate3Center for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Av. Presidente Errázuriz 3328, Las Condes, Santiago, ChileCenter for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Av. Presidente Errázuriz 3328, Las Condes, Santiago, ChileFaculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar, ChileCentro de Investigación en Complejidad Social, Facultad de Gobierno, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, ChileIn this work, we use a mathematical model of the property listing task dynamics and test its ability to predict processing time in semantic and lexical decision tasks. The study aims at exploring the temporal dynamics of semantic access in these tasks and showing that the mathematical model captures essential aspects of semantic access, beyond the original task for which it was developed. In two studies using the semantic and lexical decision tasks, we used the mathematical model’s coefficients to predict reaction times. Results showed that the model was able to predict processing time in both tasks, accounting for an independent portion of the total variance, relative to variance predicted by traditional psycholinguistic variables (i.e., frequency, familiarity, concreteness imageability). Overall, this study provides evidence of the mathematical model’s validity and generality, and offers insights regarding the characterization of concrete and abstract words.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000176/type/journal_articlelexical decision taskmathematical modelingproperty listingsemantic accesssemantic decision task |
| spellingShingle | Sergio E. Chaigneau Nicolás Marchant Enrique Canessa Nerea Aldunate A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions Language and Cognition lexical decision task mathematical modeling property listing semantic access semantic decision task |
| title | A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions |
| title_full | A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions |
| title_fullStr | A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions |
| title_short | A mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions |
| title_sort | mathematical model of semantic access in lexical and semantic decisions |
| topic | lexical decision task mathematical modeling property listing semantic access semantic decision task |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000176/type/journal_article |
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