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Echoes of echoes? An episodic theory of lexical access (1998)
| Venue: | Psychological Review |
| Citations: | 298 - 5 self |
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@ARTICLE{Goldinger98echoesof,
author = {Stephen D. Goldinger},
title = {Echoes of echoes? An episodic theory of lexical access},
journal = {Psychological Review},
year = {1998},
pages = {251--279}
}
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Abstract
In this article the author proposes an episodic theory of spoken word representation, perception, and production. By most theories, idiosyncratic aspects of speech (voice details, ambient noise, etc.) are considered noise and are filtered in perception. However, episodic theories suggest that perceptual details are stored in memory and are integral to later perception. In this research the author tested an episodic model (MINERVA 2; D. L. Hintzman, 1986) against speech production data from a word-shadowing task. The model predicted the shadowing-response-time patterns, and it correctly predicted a tendency for shadowers to spontaneously imitate the acoustic patterns of words and nonwords. It also correctly predicted imitation strength as a function of "abstract " stimulus properties, such as word frequency. Taken together, the data and theory suggest that detailed episodes constitute the basic substrate of the mental lexicon. Early in the 20th century, Semon (1909/1923) described a memory theory that anticipated many aspects of contemporary theories (Schacter, Eich, & Tulving, 1978). In modem parlance, this was an episodic (or exemplar) theory, which assumes that every experience, such as perceiving a spoken word, leaves a
Keyphrases
episodic theory lexical access spoken word many aspect ambient noise episodic model voice detail shadowing-response-time pattern contemporary theory modem parlance idiosyncratic aspect detailed episode perceptual detail 20th century abstract stimulus property mental lexicon basic substrate acoustic pattern spoken word representation later perception imitation strength memory theory word frequency speech production data word-shadowing task
