title: Conceptual priming for environmental sounds and words: an ERP study.
abstract: In this study we examined conceptual priming using environmental sounds and visually displayed words. Priming for sounds and words was observed in response latency as well as in event-related potentials. Reactions were faster when a related word followed an environmental sound and vice versa. Moreover both stimulus types produced an N400-effect for unrelated compared to related trials. The N400-effect had an earlier onset for environmental sounds than for words. The results support the theoretical notion that conceptual processing may be similar for verbal and non-verbal stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. orgs@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orgs
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Jan-Henryk
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dombrowski
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heil
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D003210:Concept Formation / Q000502:physiology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012660:Semantics; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology