Newly learned spoken words show long-term lexical competition effects

@article{citeulike:2351483, abstract = {Newly learned spoken words (e.g., \“cathedruke\”) become fully engaged in the mental lexicon, as measured via lexical competition with their pre-existing phonological neighbours (e.g., \“cathedral\”), over the course of several hours or days, and this lexical restructuring is associated with sleep (Dumay \& Gaskell, 2007). Here, we investigated the longer-term effects of word learning for three sets of novel words learned at different times using phoneme monitoring and repetition tasks. The effects of these exposure sessions on lexical memory were assessed in a battery of tests. Lexical decision latencies to pre-existing neighbouring words showed that lexical competition effects for the novel words remained observable 8 months after initial exposure. Furthermore, the order-of-acquisition of the novel words affected their production speed (but not recognition speed), with an advantage for earlier acquired words. The results suggest that the consolidation of novel words results in a long-term and stable change in the lexical competition process.}, author = {Tamminen, Jakke and Gaskell, Gareth M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2351483}, doi = {10.1080/17470210701634545}, journal = {The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology}, keywords = {aoa}, number = {3}, pages = {361--371}, posted-at = {2008-02-08 01:37:24}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Psychology Press}, title = {Newly learned spoken words show long-term lexical competition effects}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210701634545}, volume = {61}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2351483 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2351483 TI - Newly learned spoken words show long-term lexical competition effects JF - The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology VL - 61 IS - 3 SP - 361 EP - 371 PB - Psychology Press N2 - Newly learned spoken words (e.g., “cathedruke”) become fully engaged in the mental lexicon, as measured via lexical competition with their pre-existing phonological neighbours (e.g., “cathedral”), over the course of several hours or days, and this lexical restructuring is associated with sleep (Dumay & Gaskell, 2007). Here, we investigated the longer-term effects of word learning for three sets of novel words learned at different times using phoneme monitoring and repetition tasks. The effects of these exposure sessions on lexical memory were assessed in a battery of tests. Lexical decision latencies to pre-existing neighbouring words showed that lexical competition effects for the novel words remained observable 8 months after initial exposure. Furthermore, the order-of-acquisition of the novel words affected their production speed (but not recognition speed), with an advantage for earlier acquired words. The results suggest that the consolidation of novel words results in a long-term and stable change in the lexical competition process. KW - aoa AU - Tamminen, Jakke AU - Gaskell, Gareth PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210701634545 ER -