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Boundaries of Semantic Distraction: Dominance and Lexicality Act at Retrieval
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posted on 2022-04-05, 16:02 authored by John E. Marsh, Nick PerhamNick Perham, Patrik Sörqvist, Dylan M JonesThree experiments investigated memory for semantic information with the goal of determining boundary conditions for the manifestation of semantic auditory distraction. Irrelevant speech disrupted the free recall of semantic category- exemplars to an equal degree regardless of whether the speech coincided with presentation or test phases of the task (Experiment 1), and this occurred regardless of whether it comprised random words or coherent sentences (Experiment 2). The effects of background speech were greater when the irrelevant speech was semantically related to the to-be-remembered material, but only when the irrelevant words were high in output dominance (Experiment 3). The implications of these findings in relation to the processing of task material and the processing of background speech are discussed
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Memory & CognitionPublisher
SpringerVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Citation
Marsh, J.E., Perham, N., Sörqvist, P. and Jones, D.M., (2014) 'Boundaries of semantic distraction: dominance and lexicality act at retrieval', Memory & Cognition, 42(8), pp.1285-1301Print ISSN
0090-502XCardiff Met Affiliation
- Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences
Cardiff Met Authors
Nick PerhamCardiff Met Research Centre/Group
- Applied Psychology and Behaviour Change
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- © The Publisher
Language
- en