Investigating effects of semantic variables on word production

This project investigates whether word production is affected by semantic variables. Specifically, we will simultaneously examine six feature-based semantic variables (number of near semantic neighbours, semantic similarity, number of semantic features, typicality, intercorrelational density, distinctiveness). This work will inform word production theory by (1) clarifying and dissociating effects of these semantic variables on word production; and (2) studying their temporal dynamics using EEG.