Characterizing semantic space: neighborhood effects in word recognition

• Published in: Psychonomic bulletin & review Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 531 - 544
• Main Authors: Buchanan, L, Westbury, C, Burgess, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2001
• Subjects: Adult; Association; Female; Humans; Language; Male; Models, Psychological; Reaction Time; Recognition (Psychology); Semantics; Word Association Tests

A specification of the structural characteristics of the mental lexicon is a central goal in word recognition research. Of various word-level characteristics, semantics remains the most resistant to this endeavor. Although there are several theoretically distinct models of lexical semantics with fai...