Havas, V;
Taylor, J;
Vaquero, L;
de Diego-Balaguer, R;
Rodríguez-Fornells, A;
Davis, MH;
(2018)
Semantic and phonological schema influence spoken word learning and overnight consolidation.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
, 71
(6)
pp. 1469-1481.
10.1080/17470218.2017.1329325.
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Abstract
We studied the initial acquisition and overnight consolidation of new spoken words that resemble words in the native language (L1) or in an unfamiliar, non-native language (L2). Spanish-speaking participants learned the spoken forms of novel words in their native language (Spanish) or in a different language (Hungarian), which were paired with pictures of familiar or unfamiliar objects, or no picture. We thereby assessed, in a factorial way, the impact of existing knowledge (schema) on word learning by manipulating both semantic (familiar vs unfamiliar objects) and phonological (L1- vs L2-like novel words) familiarity. Participants were trained and tested with a 12-hr intervening period that included overnight sleep or daytime awake. Our results showed (1) benefits of sleep to recognition memory that were greater for words with L2-like phonology and (2) that learned associations with familiar but not unfamiliar pictures enhanced recognition memory for novel words. Implications for complementary systems accounts of word learning are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Semantic and phonological schema influence spoken word learning and overnight consolidation |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17470218.2017.1329325 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1329325 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | L1, L2, Word learning, consolidation, phonology, schema, semantic, sleep, Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Association Learning, Choice Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Phonetics, Reaction Time, Recognition (Psychology), Semantics, Sleep, Verbal Learning, Young Adult |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081009 |
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