TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schmandt, Silvana
A1  - Nazzi, Thierry
A1  - New, Boris
T1  - Consonant, vowel and lexical neighbourhood processing during word recognition: new evidence using the sandwich priming technique
T2  - Language, cognition and neuroscience
N2  - Studies on French adults using a written lexical decision task with masked priming, in which targets were more primed by consonant- (jalu-JOLI) than vowel-related (vobi-JOLI) primes, support the proposal that consonants have more weight than vowels in lexical processing. 
This study examines the phonological and/or lexical nature of this consonant bias 
(C-bias), using a sandwich priming task in which a brief presentation of the target 
(pre-prime) precedes the prime-target sequence, a manipulation blocking lexical neighbourhood effects. 
Results from three experiments (varying pre-prime/prime durations) show consistent 
C-priming and no significant V-priming at earlier and later processing stages (50 or 66 ms primes). 
Yet, a joint analysis reveals a small V-priming, while confirming a significant consonant advantage. 
This demonstrates the contribution of the phonological level to the C-bias. 
Second, differences in performance comparing the classic versus sandwich priming task also establish a contribution of lexical neighbourhood inhibition effects to the C-bias.
KW  - consonants and vowels
KW  - phonological and lexical processing
KW  - visual word recognition
KW  - consonant bias
KW  - sandwich priming paradigm
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63965
SN  - 2327-3798
SN  - 2327-3801
VL  - 37
IS  - 9
SP  - 1115
EP  - 1130
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -