Spatial narrative context modulates semantic (but not visual) competition during discourse processing

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Glenn P.
dc.contributor.authorKukona, Anuenue
dc.contributor.authorKamide, Yuki
dc.date.acceptance2019-06-02
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-14T13:12:25Z
dc.date.available2019-06-14T13:12:25Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-10
dc.description.abstractRecent research highlights the influence of (e.g., task) context on conceptual retrieval. To assess whether conceptual representations are context-dependent rather than static, we investigated the influence of spatial narrative context on accessibility for lexical-semantic information by exploring competition effects. In two visual world experiments, participants listened to narratives describing semantically related (piano-trumpet; Experiment 1) or visually similar (bat-cigarette; Experiment 2) objects in the same or separate narrative locations while viewing arrays displaying these (‘target’ and ‘competitor’) objects and other distractors. Upon re-mention of the target, we analysed eye movements to the competitor. In Experiment 1, we observed semantic competition only when targets and competitors were described in the same location; in Experiment 2, we observed visual competition regardless of context. We interpret these results as consistent with context-dependent approaches, such that spatial narrative context dampens accessibility for semantic but not visual information in the visual world.en
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dc.identifier.citationWilliams, G.P., Kukona, A., and Kamide, Y. (2019) Spatial narrative context modulates semantic (but not visual) competition during discourse processing. Journal of Memory and Language, 108, 104030.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2019.104030
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/18047
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Psychological Scienceen
dc.titleSpatial narrative context modulates semantic (but not visual) competition during discourse processingen
dc.typeArticleen

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