[An effect of semantic satiation in conceptual processing].
This study examined whether semantic satiation effects for a picture exemplar differ from a word exemplar. If massive repetition of the category name leads to an inhibition of conceptual processing, then semantic satiation effects would be found in both the word and picture exemplar conditions. However, if the repetition leads to an inhibition of lexical processing, then effects would be found for the word exemplar but not the picture exemplar. To examine these hypotheses, 48 college students were asked to judge whether a target pair of exemplars belonged to the same named category. The results showed that semantic satiation effects were found equally in both exemplar conditions. Moreover, the picture-superiority effect was intact regardless of the prime repetitions. The possibility was discussed that word and picture exemplars are integrated into an abstract and amodal conceptual unit; hence category judgment was affected by the satiation effect.
Takashi
Shimokido
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Department of Psychology and Human Developmental Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, Japan. o040101r@mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp
D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012660:Semantics