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Picture-word matching: Flexibility in conceptual memory and pupillary responses
- Source :
- Psychophysiology. 40:904-913
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2003.
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Abstract
- The influence of levels of abstraction in picture-word matching was examined. The items each consisted of one picture and three successively presented words. Hierarchies with words for superordinate, basic, and subordinate level concepts were used (e.g., plant, flower, rose). The picture-word condition (congruent, incongruent), the word position (first, second, third), and the level of categorization (subordinate, basic, superordinate) were manipulated. Reaction times, error rates, and pupillary responses were recorded. Pupillary responses coincided with behavioral data. In general, there was an advantage for subordinate and basic level processing compared to superordinate level processing. However, switches to words for superordinate concepts were most facilitated. These findings support a two-step account of picture-word matching. First, the picture is categorized according to its concrete features. Second, amodal features are processed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Cognitive Neuroscience
Dual-coding theory
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Superordinate goals
Developmental Neuroscience
Memory
Reaction Time
Pupillary response
Humans
Biological Psychiatry
Language
Cognitive science
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
General Neuroscience
Amodal perception
Information processing
Pupil
Cognition
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Neurology
Categorization
Visual Perception
Female
Psychology
Psychomotor Performance
Pupillometry
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14698986 and 00485772
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychophysiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f0fe0186f86d5c18ea2ced9e230cdb89