The paca that roared: Immediate cumulative semantic interference among newly acquired words
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.02.014
Abstract: With 40,000 words in the average vocabulary, how can speakers find the specific words that they want so quickly and easily? Cumulative semantic interference in language production provides a clue: when naming a large series… read more here.
Keywords: semantic interference; new words; cumulative semantic; interference ... See more keywords
Cumulative semantic interference is blind to morphological complexity and originates at the conceptual level
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268915
Abstract: When naming a sequence of pictures of the same semantic category (e.g., furniture), response latencies systematically increase with each named category member. This cumulative semantic interference effect has become a popular tool to investigate the… read more here.
Keywords: effect; interference; level; cumulative semantic ... See more keywords