This study addressed the question whether the second language (L2) of bilinguals can access conceptual memory as directly as their first language (L1). Swedish undergraduates, with English as their second language, performed two tasks in both L1 and L2. Exp. 1 used a picture-name verification task, where pictures induced automatic semantic priming. Exp. 2 used a category-exemplar verification task, where pictures induced strategic priming. The primary measure was reduction of the N400 amplitude in the ERP. Experiment 1 showed a fronto-central priming effect that did not differ between L1 and L2 in amplitude, topographical distribution, or peak latency. Experiment 2 showed a different, centro-parietal priming effect that was similar in amplitude between L1 and L2, but differed in peak latency, and lateral distribution. The study indicates that L2 provides direct automatic access to conceptual memory, although strategic use may recruit partly different neuronal resources in L2 than in L1.
{"title":"Semantic Priming Effects in a Second Language: An Event-Related Potential Study","authors":"G. Stenberg, M. Johansson, I. Rosén","doi":"10.1037/e537052012-685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e537052012-685","url":null,"abstract":"This study addressed the question whether the second language (L2) of bilinguals can access conceptual memory as directly as their first language (L1). Swedish undergraduates, with English as their second language, performed two tasks in both L1 and L2. Exp. 1 used a picture-name verification task, where pictures induced automatic semantic priming. Exp. 2 used a category-exemplar verification task, where pictures induced strategic priming. The primary measure was reduction of the N400 amplitude in the ERP. Experiment 1 showed a fronto-central priming effect that did not differ between L1 and L2 in amplitude, topographical distribution, or peak latency. Experiment 2 showed a different, centro-parietal priming effect that was similar in amplitude between L1 and L2, but differed in peak latency, and lateral distribution. The study indicates that L2 provides direct automatic access to conceptual memory, although strategic use may recruit partly different neuronal resources in L2 than in L1.","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"41 1","pages":"105-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91220710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personality, death anxiety, and gender","authors":"J. Thorson, F. Powell","doi":"10.3758/BF03337363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337363","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"34 1","pages":"589-590"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74611864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Play fighting versus serious fighting in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)","authors":"D. I. Onyekwere, J. M. Ramírez","doi":"10.3758/BF03337336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337336","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"26 1","pages":"503-506"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74882495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. F. Angermeier, M. Benecke, B. Göhlen, V. Kolloch
{"title":"Inhibitory learning and memory in the topshell (Monodonta lineata)","authors":"W. F. Angermeier, M. Benecke, B. Göhlen, V. Kolloch","doi":"10.3758/BF03337343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"60 1","pages":"529-530"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75461736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Common factors versus uncommon variability in comparisons of the Poggendorff and Müller-Lyer illusions","authors":"H. Schiffman, S. Greist-Bousquet","doi":"10.3758/BF03337362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337362","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"92 1","pages":"586-588"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74841125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does imagery impede or facilitate transfer of learning","authors":"J. Parker, L. Brownston, Ileana Ruiz","doi":"10.3758/BF03337352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337352","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"17 1","pages":"557-559"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82659352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extended exposure to symbolic matching-to-sample: a preliminary analysis","authors":"G. D. Lachter, Renee F. Solomon","doi":"10.3758/BF03337339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"82 1","pages":"515-517"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75957119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heat, hostility, and immune function: The moderating effects of gender and demand characteristics","authors":"S. S. Dubitsky, R. Weber, J. Rotton","doi":"10.3758/BF03337345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337345","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"14 1","pages":"534-536"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87308760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global versus local processing in haptic perception of form","authors":"M. Heller, Sonya Clyburn","doi":"10.3758/BF03337358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337358","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"267 1","pages":"574-576"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75962766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial frequency masking of lateralized word recognition","authors":"D. Boles, R. Rashid","doi":"10.3758/BF03337354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337354","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9461,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the psychonomic society","volume":"255 1","pages":"563-565"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78223152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}