Brehm, L;
Taschenberger, L;
Meyer, A;
(2019)
Mental representations of partner task cause interference in picture naming.
Acta Psychologica
, 199
, Article 102888. 10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102888.
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Abstract
Interference in picture naming occurs from representing a partner's preparations to speak (Gambi, van de Cavey, & Pickering, 2015). We tested the origins of this interference using a simple non-communicative joint naming task based on Gambi et al. (2015), where response latencies indexed interference from partner task and partner speech content, and eye fixations to partner objects indexed overt attention. Experiment 1 contrasted a partner-present condition with a control partner-absent condition to establish the role of the partner in eliciting interference. For latencies, we observed interference from the partner's task and speech content, with interference increasing due to partner task in the partner-present condition. Eye-tracking measures showed that interference in naming was not due to overt attention to partner stimuli but to broad expectations about likely utterances. Experiment 2 examined whether an equivalent non-verbal task also elicited interference, as predicted from a language as joint action framework. We replicated the finding of interference due to partner task and again found no relationship between overt attention and interference. These results support Gambi et al. (2015). Individuals co-represent a partner's task while speaking, and doing so does not require overt attention to partner stimuli.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mental representations of partner task cause interference in picture naming |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102888 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102888 |
| 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: | Language production; picture naming; interference; attention; language as joint action |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Education > Student and Registry Services UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Education > Student and Registry Services > Student Support and Wellbeing |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084124 |
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