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Haro, Juan; Comesaña, Montserrat; Ferré, Pilar – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The present study explores the issue of why ambiguous words are recognized faster than unambiguous ones during word recognition. To this end we contrasted two different hypotheses: the "semantic feedback" hypothesis (Hino and Lupker in J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 22:1331-1356, 1996. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.22.6.1331), and…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Psycholinguistics, Word Recognition, Ambiguity (Semantics)
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Haro, Juan; Ferré, Pilar – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
It is not clear whether multiple unrelated meanings inhibit or facilitate word recognition. Some studies have found a disadvantage for words having multiple meanings with respect to unambiguous words in lexical decision tasks (LDT), whereas several others have shown a facilitation for such words. In the present study, we argue that these…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Semantics), Inhibition, Word Recognition, Influences