ERP Evidence for Ultra-Fast Semantic Processing in the Picture–Word Interference Paradigm

Dell’Acqua, Roberto; Sessa, Paola; Peressotti, Francesca; Mulatti, Claudio; Navarrete, Eduardo; Grainger, Jonathan

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00177

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“…Our observation of a smaller N400 amplitude for semantically related than for unrelated distractor words replicates the findings of Blackford et al (2012) and Dell'Acqua et al (2010), although the smaller negativity for semantic than for unrelated distractors in the N400 time window was not identified as an N400 effect by Dell'Acqua et al Our data show that the attenuation of the N400 by semantic relatedness is also obtained across languages.…”

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Electrophysiology of cross-language interference and facilitation in picture naming

Roelofs

Piai

Rodriguez

et al. 2016

Cortex

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Disagreement exists about how bilingual speakers select words, in particular, whether words in another language compete, or competition is restricted to a target language, or no competition occurs. Evidence that competition occurs but is restricted to a target language comes from response time (RT) effects obtained when speakers name pictures in one language while trying to ignore distractor words in another language. Compared to unrelated distractor words, RT is longer when the picture name and distractor are semantically related, but RT is shorter when the distractor is the translation of the name of the picture in the other language. These effects suggest that distractor words from another language do not compete themselves but activate their counterparts in the target language, thereby yielding the semantic interference and translation facilitation effects. Here, we report an event-related brain potential (ERP) study testing the prediction that priming underlies both of these effects.The RTs showed semantic interference and translation facilitation effects. Moreover, the picture-word stimuli yielded an N400 response, whose amplitude was smaller on semantic and translation trials than on unrelated trials, providing evidence that interference and facilitation priming underlie the RT effects. We present the results of computer simulations showing the utility of a within-language competition account of our findings.

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Section: Comparisons With Earlier Findingssupporting

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Electrophysiology of cross-language interference and facilitation in picture naming

Roelofs

Piai

Rodriguez

et al. 2016

Cortex

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“…This has lead to the assumption of a bimodal distribution of scalp activity for the semantic effects. The primary component was characterized by a fast onset with a sharp increase during the first 50 ms past stimulus onset and a decrease after 200 ms (Dell'Acqua et al, 2010). Although this working group usually focuses on a variety of components, their results correspond with those from the previously mentioned studies regarding the timing of processing.…”

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“…For these visually presented Chinese characters, the earliest neural signature appeared 80 ms after stimulus onset (Skrandies et al, 2004). Dell'Acqua et al (2010) achieved similar results when they studied the activation time of semantic and phonological representation. The obtained ERP results showed a primary component and a later, distinct component.…”

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Using the readiness potential of button-press and verbal response within spoken language processing

Jansen

Wesselmeier

Ruiter

et al. 2014

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

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h i g h l i g h t s• Detection of readiness potential onset represents a preconscious measure for end-of-turn anticipation in a language dialogue.• Even if it is a language task it can be applied equally well to both verbal and finger movement responses.• In contrast to behavioural reaction time tasks the EEG-measurement produces more reliable data for the anticipation performance in end-of-turndetection.a r t i c l e i n f o New method: The purpose of this study was to examine if readiness potentials (RP) can be used to study the anticipation of turn-ends by using it in a motoric finger movement and articulatory movement task. The goal was to determine the preconscious onset of turn-end anticipation in early, preconscious turn-end anticipation processes by the simultaneous registration of EEG measures (RP) and behavioural measures (anticipation timing accuracy, ATA). For our behavioural measures, we used both button-press and verbal response ("yes"). In the experiment, 30 subjects were asked to listen to auditorily presented utterances and press a button or utter a brief verbal response when they expected the end of the turn. During the task, a 32-channel-EEG signal was recorded. Results: The results showed that the RPs during verbal-and button-press-responses developed similarly and had an almost identical time course: the RP signals started to develop 1170 vs. 1190 ms before the behavioural responses. Comparison with existing methods: Until now, turn-end anticipation is usually studied using behavioural methods, for instance by measuring the anticipation timing accuracy, which is a measurement that reflects conscious behavioural processes and is insensitive to preconscious anticipation processes. Conclusion: The similar time course of the recorded RP signals for both verbal-and button-press responses provide evidence for the validity of using RPs as an online marker for response preparation in turn-taking and spoken dialogue research.

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“…In addition to behavioural latencies, results from EEG (electroencephalography) were measured. Previous studies which had used EEG in conjunction with PWI studies had shown event-related potentials (ERPs) evoked by the two types of relatedness which appeared in roughly the same time window relative to picture onset (e.g., Dell'Acqua et al, 2010). By contrast, we found a serial pattern, with semantic effects appearing in a time window of 250-450 ms and phonological effects in a time window of 450-600 ms.…”

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Additivity of semantic and phonological effects: Evidence from speech production in Mandarin

Zhu

Zhang

Damian

2016

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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A number of previous studies using picture-word interference (PWI) tasks conducted with speakers of Western languages have demonstrated non-additive effects of semantic and form overlap between pictures and words, which may indicate underlying non-discrete processing stages in lexical retrieval. The present study used Mandarin speakers and presented Chinese characters as distractors. In two experiments, we crossed semantic relatedness with "pure" phonological (i.e., orthographically unrelated) relatedness, and found statistically additive effects. In a third experiment, semantic relatedness was crossed with orthographic overlap (phonological overlap was avoided), and once again we found an additive pattern. The results are discussed with regard to possible cross-linguistic differences between Western and non-Western languages in terms of phonological encoding, as well as concerning the locus of relatedness effects in PWI tasks.Key words: speech production, semantic interference, phonological facilitation, lexical selection, MandarinAdditivity of semantics and phonology 3 Speaking involves the retrieval of semantic, syntactic, and phonological/phonetic information of the corresponding words. How these forms of information relate to each other remains a controversial issue in speech production theories (Bi, Xu, & Caramazza, 2009;Dell, 1986;Starreveld & La Heij, 1995, 1996a, 1996b. Serial discrete models (e.g., Levelt, Roelofs, & Meyer, 1999) argue that for a given target word, only a single selected lexical-semantic/syntactic node ("lemma") spreads its activation to the phonological level, and semantic processing must be completed before phonological processing can begin. Non-serial models dispute some or all of these assumptions, and assume that phonological encoding can proceed based on partial and continuous input from the semantic level. Cascaded models (e.g., Humphreys, Riddoch, & Quinlan, 1988;Morsella & Miozzo, 2002) propose that multiple lexical-semantic candidates which are co-activated during retrieval of the target word transmit activation to the phonological level. Interactive models (e.g., Dell, 1986) additionally assume that transmission of activation between semantic and phonological encoding is bidirectional. In such models, phonological processing begins on the basis of early partial information provided by semantic processes, and partial phonological processing aids in retrieval at the earlier lexical-semantic level.One way of empirically distinguishing discrete from non-discrete (cascaded or interactive) models is to apply "additive-factors logic" (Sternberg, 1969). Two experimental variables are manipulated and their effect on performance is measured.If the two variables show additive effects, then it can be concluded that they affect different and separate processing stages. By contrast, if the two variables show nonAdditivity of semantics and phonology 4 additive effects, then either they act on a single processing stage, or they affect two processing stages but these two stages are c...

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ERP Evidence for Ultra-Fast Semantic Processing in the Picture–Word Interference Paradigm

Cited by 107 publications

References 45 publications

Electrophysiology of cross-language interference and facilitation in picture naming

Electrophysiology of cross-language interference and facilitation in picture naming

Using the readiness potential of button-press and verbal response within spoken language processing

Additivity of semantic and phonological effects: Evidence from speech production in Mandarin

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