Script as a Priming Stimulus for Lexical Decisions with Visual Hemifield Stimulation

Faust, Miriam; Babkoff, Harvey

doi:10.1006/brln.1997.1758

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“…Thus, previous research indicates that the RH is able to activate and maintain a wide range of word meanings, including seemingly incongruous meanings (e.g., Chiarello, 1991;Faust & Lavidor, 2003), to process world-knowledge in the form of script contexts (Faust & BabkoV, 1997), to represent the discourse (or situation) model of a text (Long & Baynes, 2002), and to sustain meaning activation for an extended period (Burgess & Simpson, 1988;Whitehead, 1991). In contrast, activating and maintaining multiple script meanings does not seem to depend in any direct way on syntactic processing abilities that the RH seems to lack (Caplan, 1992;.…”

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“…These were (1) a related all-script condition consisting of four script relevant sentences, (2) an unrelated all-script condition consisting of four script nonrelevant sentences, (3) a related script + neutral "Wller" condition consisting of two script relevant sentences plus two sentences which neither add to the script nor suggest a script change, (4) a related script + unrelated "exit" condition consisting of two initial script relevant sentences followed by two sentences from another, unrelated script, (5) an unrelated script + related "exit" condition consisting of two initial unrelated script sentences followed by two sentences from another, related script, and (6) a neutral baseline condition consisting of four neutral sentences that do not form any script. The method of deriving the relation between the target words and their related script primes was similar to that described by Sharkey and Mitchell (1985) and Faust and BabkoV (1997). This relation was neither a simple semantic relation, as in single word primes, nor a highly probable continuation of an incomplete sentence prime.…”

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The effects of multiple script priming on word recognition by the two cerebral hemispheres: Implications for discourse processing

2006

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The present study examined left (LH) and right (RH) hemisphere involvement in discourse processing by testing the ability of each hemisphere to use world knowledge in the form of script contexts for word recognition. Participants made lexical decisions to laterally presented target words preceded by centrally presented script primes. (four sentences describing common situations). To examine the maintenance of script information across intervening text, there were six types of primes. These consisted of either single scripts or combinations of two diVerent scripts: (1) a related script, (2) an unrelated script, (3) a related script + a neutral "Wller," (4) a related script + an unrelated script, (5) an unrelated script + a related script, and (6) a neutral baseline condition. Results indicated that in the LH, only related scripts or related scripts preceded by unrelated scripts facilitated target word recognition. In contrast, the RH gained signiWcant facilitation from all combinations of script primes, including related scripts followed by either Wller materials or unrelated scripts. These results are consistent with the theory that the RH contributes in a critical way to discourse comprehension by maintaining widespread meaning activation for an extended period. This unique ability of the RH may be especially important for integrative processes needed to achieve global coherence during discourse processing.

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The effects of multiple script priming on word recognition by the two cerebral hemispheres: Implications for discourse processing

2006

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“…Specifically, the most frequent meaning of an ambiguous word shows a processing advantage in the left hemisphere (Faust & Babkoff, 1997;Faust & Gernsbacher, 1996). For example, when ambiguous words (e.g., "second") are included within a sentence (such as "He could not wait for even a second"), participants respond differently to targets words that are related to the contextually appropriate meaning (e.g., "time") and the contextually inappropriate meaning (e.g., "number") in the hemispheres.…”

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Hemispheric processing in bilinguals: The role of shared meanings across languages and sentential constraint

Joss

Virtue

2010

Cognitive Neuroscience

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In monolinguals, the right hemisphere plays a key role when readers process multiple meanings of ambiguous words and when text weakly leads to a specific outcome (i.e., is weakly constrained). However, currently little is known about the influence of word meanings and sentential constraint in the hemispheres of bilinguals. Using a divided visual field paradigm, we investigated how cognates, interlingual homographs, and control words (within strongly and weakly constrained sentences) influence hemispheric processing in bilinguals. In the current study, both languages showed facilitation in the right hemisphere, whereas only the language currently in use showed facilitation in the left hemisphere. In addition, bilinguals (unlike monolinguals) processed strongly constrained targets more quickly than weakly constrained targets in both hemispheres. Thus, bilinguals and monolinguals process shared meanings of words similarly in the right hemisphere, but process sentential constraint differently in the hemispheres.

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“…He suggested 'script theory~' (Abelson, 1981) as an alternative concept to 'attitude' in understanding people's mental representations. Script theory has led to indirect methods of understanding representations such as lexical decision-making (Faust and Babkoff, 1977) and recall times (Custers et al, 1996). A 'script' can be thought of as a 'package' of commonly understood information about the routine social situations and actions typically encountered by people at work or play -such as the 'restaurant script'.…”

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Psychological concerns in questionnaire research

Kirk‐Smith¹,

McKenna²

1998

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The questionnaire survey is a common and important tool in nursing research. However, there are many psychologically related issues and limitations which may not always be considered. This paper brings these issues together under four headings: theory-building; validity of self-report; measurement and analysis — that is, spanning the formulation of the research, the collection and analysis of data through to the interpretation of the results. In planning questionnaire research the explanatory limitations must be recognised, the aims must be linked directly to the measures, other methods should be considered as checks, and, most importantly, professional advice should be sought during the planning.

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Script as a Priming Stimulus for Lexical Decisions with Visual Hemifield Stimulation

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

The effects of multiple script priming on word recognition by the two cerebral hemispheres: Implications for discourse processing

The effects of multiple script priming on word recognition by the two cerebral hemispheres: Implications for discourse processing

Hemispheric processing in bilinguals: The role of shared meanings across languages and sentential constraint

Psychological concerns in questionnaire research

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