Equivalent inter- and intramodality long-term priming: evidence for a common lexicon for words seen and words heard.
Weaker inter- than intramodality long-term priming of words has promoted two hypotheses: (1) separate visual and auditory lexicons and (2) modality dependence of implicit memory. In five experiments, we employed manipulations aimed to minimize study-test asymmetries between the two priming conditions. Activities at visual and auditory study were matched, words were phonologically consistent, and study modality was manipulated between subjects. Equal magnitudes of inter- and intramodality priming were found in experiments with visual and auditory stem completion at test, with visual fragment completion at test, and with visual and auditory perceptual identification at test. A within-subjects experiment yielded the conventional intramodality advantage. The results point to a single amodal lexicon and to modality-independent phonological processing as the basis of implicit word memory.
Lukatela
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA. georgije.lukatela@haskins.yale.edu
Eaton
Thomas
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Moreno
Miguel A
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Turvey
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D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D010700:Phonetics; D013067:Speech Perception; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception; D014825:Vocabulary