Implicit Sound Symbolism in Lexical Access: Evidence from an Interference Task

Autor/in	Westbury, C.
Titel	Implicit Sound Symbolism in Lexical Access: Evidence from an Interference Task
Quelle	In: Brain and Language, 93 (2005) 1, S.10-19 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-934X
DOI	10.1016/j.bandl.2004.07.006
Schlagwörter	Stimuli; Semantics; Reaction Time + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anreizsystem; Semantik; Reaktionsvermögen
Abstract	Kohler (1929) reported anecdotally that, when asked to choose, subjects were much more likely to attach the name 'takete' to a spiky abstract object, and the name 'baluma' (or, by 1947, 'maluma') to a curvy abstract object. Follow-up work has suffered from the same three weaknesses as Kohler's original anecdotal study: a reliance on small number of stimuli carefully selected by the experimenter; the use of manipulations that were transparent to the subject; and the use of overtly semantic tasks. This paper reports two experiments that replicate and extend Kohler's claims using an implicit interference task that allows for multiple measures per subject, and does not require subjects to make explicit decisions about the relation between visual form and meaning. Subjects undertook a lexical or letter decision task with the stimuli presented inside spiky or curvy frames. Reaction times show interference patterns consistent with Kohler's claims. This demonstrates that the effect is pre-semantic. Neurological reasons for these word/shape and character/shape interference phenomena are discussed. (Author).
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