title: Phonological representation of words in working memory during sentence reading.
abstract: The temporal dynamics of a visual target word's phonological representation was examined by presentation of an irrelevant spoken companion word when the participant's eyes reached the target's location during sentence reading. The spoken word was identical, similar, or dissimilar to the phonological specification of the visual target. All spoken words increased the time spent viewing the target, with larger effects in the similar and dissimilar spoken word conditions than in the identical condition. The reading of posttarget text was disrupted when the spoken word was similar but not when it was identical or dissimilar to the target. Phonological interference indicates that a word's phonological representation remains active after it has been identified during sentence reading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA. inhoff@binghamton.edu
authors.forename: Albrecht W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Inhoff
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Connie
authors.forename: Brianna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eiter
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Radach
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heller
mesh_terms: D005133:Eye Movements; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D010700:Phonetics; D011932:Reading; D014796:Visual Perception; D014825:Vocabulary