Is inhibition involved in the processing of opaque compound words?
A study of individual differences
We examined whether inhibition skills were recruited during the processing of compound words. Using an individual
differences perspective, we analyzed whether participants’ scores on the Stroop test predicted performance on lexical decision tasks
involving compound words varying in their level of semantic opacity. The results show that inhibition is involved in the comprehension of
fully opaque (e.g., hogwash) and fully transparent (e.g., blueberry) compound words, but we found no
evidence for such an effect in the comprehension of partially opaque compound words (e.g., strawberry,
jailbird).
Article outline
- Experiment 1
- Methods
- Materials
- Lexical decision task
- Inhibition task
- Procedure
- Lexical decision task
- Inhibition task
- Participants
- Results and discussion
- Lexical decision task
- Inhibition task
- Lexical decision and inhibition task
- Inhibition scores and reaction times on the lexical decision task
- Inhibition ratio and reaction times on the lexical decision task
- Experiment 2
- Methods
- Materials
- Lexical decision task
- Inhibition task
- Procedure
- Participants
- Results and discussion
- Lexical decision task
- Inhibition task
- Lexical decision and inhibition task
- Inhibition scores and reaction times on the lexical decision task
- Inhibition ratio and reaction times on the lexical decision task
- Comparing Experiment 1 and Experiment 2
- General discussion
- Notes
-
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