Semantic Priming Across Many Languages
Abstract
The Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA) is a globally distributed network of labs that conducts studies with the goals of inclusion and transparency. Crowdsourcing data worldwide enables research to be generalized through diverse participants with unique language backgrounds providing worldwide multilingual data. The PSA makes opportunities available for researchers to network and replicate studies. We have been collecting data on a study organized by the PSA. In addition to data collection, we helped to verify translations of the consent form and protocol information from English to different languages. The study examines semantic priming, which occurs when a semantically related prime (e.g. cat) speeds responding to a target (e.g. dog), across multiple languages. In our study, participants viewed English unrelated and related word pairs and decided whether they were words or non-words. We hypothesized that the response to a word would be faster when it is preceded by a semantically related word, rather than an unrelated word. We found that the reaction times were more accurate and faster in related conditions, supporting the idea of semantic priming. Overall, this study improves understanding of word recognition processes and will help create word norm databases in many languages by using a large and diverse participant pool across many countries.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. William Collins, Dr. Leanne Boucher Gill
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-5-2023 12:00 PM
End Date
4-6-2023 4:00 PM
Semantic Priming Across Many Languages
Alvin Sherman Library
The Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA) is a globally distributed network of labs that conducts studies with the goals of inclusion and transparency. Crowdsourcing data worldwide enables research to be generalized through diverse participants with unique language backgrounds providing worldwide multilingual data. The PSA makes opportunities available for researchers to network and replicate studies. We have been collecting data on a study organized by the PSA. In addition to data collection, we helped to verify translations of the consent form and protocol information from English to different languages. The study examines semantic priming, which occurs when a semantically related prime (e.g. cat) speeds responding to a target (e.g. dog), across multiple languages. In our study, participants viewed English unrelated and related word pairs and decided whether they were words or non-words. We hypothesized that the response to a word would be faster when it is preceded by a semantically related word, rather than an unrelated word. We found that the reaction times were more accurate and faster in related conditions, supporting the idea of semantic priming. Overall, this study improves understanding of word recognition processes and will help create word norm databases in many languages by using a large and diverse participant pool across many countries.
