Modulation of lexical effects in word reading without strategic control of
pathways: Evidence from tempo naming
Christopher T. Kello and David C. Plaut
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract
We examined the nature of strategic control in word reading using a novel
methodology in which subjects' responses are synchronized with a
visual/auditory countdown.s In three experiments, as stimulus-response interval
was decreased, rates of lexical errors to regular and exception words and
nonwords increased but regularization rates remained constant. We model the
results by varying the "gain" parameter throughout a distributed connectionist
model with a single pathway from print to sound that interacts with semantics.