Semantic richness effects in isolated spoken word recognition: Evidence from Massive Auditory Lexical Decision

Nenadić, Filip and Podlubny, Ryan G. and Schmidtke, Daniel and Kelley, Matthew C. and Tucker, Benjamin V. (2024) Semantic richness effects in isolated spoken word recognition: Evidence from Massive Auditory Lexical Decision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 50 (4). pp. 650-673.

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Abstract

While known to influence visual lexical processing, the semantic information we associate with words has recently been found to influence auditory lexical processing as well. The present work explores the influence of semantic richness in auditory lexical decision. Study 1 recreates an experiment investigating semantic richness effects in concrete nouns (Goh et al., 2016). In Study 2 we expand the stimulus set from 442 to 8,626 items, exploring the robustness of effects observed in Study 1 against a larger dataset with increased diversity in both word class and other characteristics of interest. We also utilize generalized additive mixed models to investigate potential non-linear effects. Results indicate that semantic richness effects become more nuanced and detectable when a wider set of items belonging to different parts of speech are examined. Findings are discussed in the context of models of spoken word recognition.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	“©American Psychological Association, 2024. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001208”
ID number or DOI:	10.1037/xlm0001208
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status:	Faculty/Staff
Department/Unit:	College of Health and Human Services > Communication Sciences and Disorders
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2026 17:37
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2026 17:37
URI:	https://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/6366

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