Semantic context influences memory for verbs more than memory for nouns

Kersten, Alan W.; Earles, Julie L.

doi:10.3758/bf03196852

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“…However, there is an intriguing alternative conception of this effect: The reduction in analogical acceptance of far-noun items may in fact be at least partly attributable to a diminution of the relational match. Prior studies of sentence interpretation have shown that verb meanings tend to adapt to noun meanings under conditions of semantic strain (Gentner, 1981;Gentner & France, 1988;Kersten & Earles, 2004;Reyna, 1980); and even mathematical relations may be interpreted differently when combined with different objects (Bassok, Chase, & Martin, 1998). Gentner (1981) proposed that the mutability of verbs during comprehension contributes to their relatively high degree of polysemy.…”

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Relations, Objects, and the Composition of Analogies

Gentner¹,

Kurtz

2006

Cognitive Science

131

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This research addresses the kinds of matching elements that determine analogical relatedness and literal similarity. Despite theoretical agreement on the importance of relational match, the empirical evidence is neither systematic nor definitive. In 3 studies, participants performed online evaluations of relatedness of sentence pairs that varied in either the object or relational match. Results show a consistent focus on relational matches as the main determinant of analogical acceptance. In addition, analogy does not require strict overall identity of relational concepts. Semantically overlapping but nonsynonymous relations were commonly accepted, but required more processing time. Finally, performance in a similarity rating task partly paralleled analogical acceptance; however, relatively more weight was given to object matches. Implications for psychological theories of analogy and similarity are addressed.

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Relations, Objects, and the Composition of Analogies

Gentner¹,

Kurtz

2006

Cognitive Science

131

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“…In contrast, in the associative recognition paradigm, each of the words in a word pair has an independent meaning that is preserved to some extent despite variations in context, particularly in the typical case in which those words are nouns (Kersten & Earles, 2004). The meaning conveyed by a novel pairing of two familiar stimulus words thus overlaps to some extent with the meanings of the parent items in which those two stimulus words appeared at encoding.…”

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Adult age differences in binding actors and actions in memory for events

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“…Furthermore, different word classes have been found to have different recall rates. For example, nouns have a higher recall rate than adjectives (Lockhart, 1969) and verbs (Kersten & Earles, 2004) because they are typically more concrete. Moreover, studies have shown that the retrieval of concrete nouns and verbs involve dissociable neural pathways (Damasio & Tranel, 1993).…”

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The language dependent recall effect influences the number of items recalled in autobiographical memory reports

Marsh

Kanaya

Pezdek

2015

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

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This study investigated the influence of the language dependent recall effect on the number of memory items recalled in bilingual adults' autobiographical memories. Thirty-nine Spanish-English bilinguals were randomly assigned to receive task instructions and write one childhood memory (before age 10) and one recent memory (from the last five years) in either Spanish (Bi-Sp) or English (Bi-Eng). Twenty English monolinguals served as a control group. Memory items were coded by calculating the proportion of nouns, verbs, and adjectives relative to the total word count. When recalling childhood memories, but not recent memories Bi-Sp participants were more likely to experience a match between encoding and retrieval linguistic contexts than Bi-Eng participants. Consequently, Bi-Sp participants recalled a significantly greater proportion of nouns than Bi-Eng participants. In contrast, there were no significant differences in recent memories. These findings suggest that match between encoding and retrieval linguistic contexts afford better retrieval than a mismatch.

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Semantic context influences memory for verbs more than memory for nouns

Cited by 37 publications

References 24 publications

Relations, Objects, and the Composition of Analogies

Relations, Objects, and the Composition of Analogies

Adult age differences in binding actors and actions in memory for events

The language dependent recall effect influences the number of items recalled in autobiographical memory reports

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