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One of the major debates in the field of word production is whether lexical selection is competitive or not. For nearly half a century, semantic interference effects in picture naming latencies have been claimed as evidence for competitive (relative threshold) models of lexical selection, while semantic facilitation effects have been claimed as evidence for non-competitive (simple threshold) models instead. In this paper, we use a computational modeling approach to compare the consequences of competitive and noncompetitive selection algorithms for blocked cyclic picture naming latencies, combined with two approaches to representing taxonomic and thematic semantic features. We show that although our simple model can capture both semantic interference and facilitation, the presence or absence of competition in the selection mechanism is unrelated to the polarity of these semantic effects. These results question the validity of prior assumptions and offer new perspectives on the origins of interference and facilitation in language production.
Iaith wreiddiol | Saesneg |
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Teitl | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society |
Cyfrol | 43 |
Statws | Cyhoeddwyd - 2021 |
Digwyddiad | 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: Comparative Cognition: Animal minds - Hyd: 27 Gorff 2021 → 29 Gorff 2021 |
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Cynhadledd | 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society |
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Teitl cryno | COGSI 2021 |
Cyfnod | 27/07/21 → 29/07/21 |