PSYC 432 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Crossmodal, Mental Chronometry, Test Case
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How do we understand words: organization of our lexicon, word retrieval processes, word meaning and lexical ambiguity. Quote from virgina wolf activation of other meanings (cid:498)passing russell square(cid:499) We are really good with words: know about 60,000 words; can make sense of 150 wpm. Match input to our memory of that word: assumption, vending machine analogy. Words are stored in our long-term memory. Using them means retrieving that information into working memory. Our memory of words is called our mental lexicon. Mental lexicon is structured organized semantic network so word. Evidence #1: partial activation of semantically-related words (yee and representations are interconnected. Saying (cid:498)hammer(cid:499) partially activates (cid:498)nail(cid:499) vs. brok. Evidence #2: reaction time studies: decide if this is a real word: book: priming in a lexical decision task: say whether the word in lower-case is a real word. Strategic hypothesis: you (cid:498)get the game,(cid:499) so you anticipate.
