Changes in the Galvanic Skin Response Accompanying Reports of Changes in Meaning During Oral Repetition

Mason, M

doi:10.1080/00221309.1941.10544403

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“…Individual differences in susceptibility to satiation as reported by Warren (1961), Yelen and Schulz (1963), and Das (1964) will not be discussed as a separate topic. Also, no attempt was made to review the literature on the physiological effects of verbal repetition although such effects are known to exist (Mason, 1941). In the first section of this paper connotative effects of repetition will be described.…”

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Semantic satiation and generation: Learning? Adaptation?

Amster

1964

Psychological Bulletin

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This review evaluates the reliability of the phenomena of semantic satiation and the applicability of 3 interpretations. Despite some evidence to the contrary, connotative satiation has been demonstrated in many experiments which involve continuous fast repetition of a word for about IS sec. Generation, the opposite of satiation, appears more likely to occur when the stimuli are meaningless, when different words are interspersed during repetition, when the repetition period is short, and when the rate of repetition is slow. Associative satiation and its cognitive effects were found to be repeatedly demonstrated. Certain assumptions were made in order that the learning interpretation might account for the 2 types of satiation. The inhibition interpretation was found basically adequate in this respect and compatible with the learning interpretation. A new interpretation of connotative satiation in terms of the theory of adaptation level was proposed. This interpretation could account for a variety of connotative effects including some evidence contrary to connotative satiation and for connotative satiation itself.

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Semantic satiation and generation: Learning? Adaptation?

Amster

1964

Psychological Bulletin

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“…Several investigators have demonstrated that 5s experience a change or loss of meaning for words which have been continuously repeated or fixated for a certain period of time (Basette & Warne, 1919;Mason, 1941;Smith & Raygor, 1956;Wertheimer & Gillis, 1956). For instance, Basette and Warne (1919) reported that the meanings of familiar nouns which were repeated aloud "dissipated" for their 5s within 3 or 4 sec.…”

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Verbal satiation and changes in the intensity of meaning.

Lambert

Jakobovits²

1960

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…If a person repeats a word rapidly by saying it aloud (Bassett & Warne, 1919;Fillenbaum, 1964;Lambert & Jakobovits, 1960;Mason, 1941;L. Smith & Klein, 1990;Titchener, 1915) or by writing or fixating it (Don & Weld, 1924;Esposito & Pelton, 1971;Severance & Washburn, 1907), a temporary decrement in the meaning ofthat word is observed.…”

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The effect of presemantic acoustic adaptation on semantic “satiation”

1997

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A decrement in the strength of the meaning of a word after rapid repetition of that word has been called "semantic satiation." This study asked whether this "satiation" might be produced by presemantic acoustic adaptation. Category words were utilized to prime the meaning of target words. The adaptation or "satiation" procedure, 30 rapid repetitions of the primes, was compared with a control condition of 3 repetitions. Participants listened to a series of prime words, each repeated by either the same speaker or many speakers, and then made semantic decisions on target words. When all the repetitions of a prime word are produced by the same speaker, presemantic and semantic repetitions are confounded. When the repetitions are produced by different speakers, presemantic acoustic repetition is abolished. A semantic decrement was detected with single-speaker, but not with multiple-speaker, repetitions of prime words. This study conduded that the semantic "satiation" observed here was a decrement in the activation level of semantic representations induced by presemantic acoustic adaptation.A temporary decrement in the strength of the meaning ofa word after rapid repetition ofthat word has been called semantic satiation. This study examines whether this "satiation" is produced by presemantic acoustic adaptation.If a person repeats a word rapidly by saying it aloud

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Changes in the Galvanic Skin Response Accompanying Reports of Changes in Meaning During Oral Repetition

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Semantic satiation and generation: Learning? Adaptation?

Semantic satiation and generation: Learning? Adaptation?

Verbal satiation and changes in the intensity of meaning.

The effect of presemantic acoustic adaptation on semantic “satiation”

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