TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bürki, Audrey
A1  - Alario, F-Xavier
A1  - Vasishth, Shravan
T1  - When words collide: Bayesian meta-analyses of distractor and target properties in the picture-word interference paradigm
JF  - Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
N2  - In the picture-word interference paradigm, participants name pictures while ignoring a written or spoken distractor word. Naming times to the pictures are slowed down by the presence of the distractor word. The present study investigates in detail the impact of distractor and target word properties on picture naming times, building on the seminal study by Miozzo and Caramazza. We report the results of several Bayesian meta-analyses based on 26 datasets. These analyses provide estimates of effect sizes and their precision for several variables and their interactions. They show the reliability of the distractor frequency effect on picture naming latencies (latencies decrease as the frequency of the distractor increases) and demonstrate for the first time the impact of distractor length, with longer naming latencies for trials with longer distractors. Moreover, distractor frequency interacts with target word frequency to predict picture naming latencies. The methodological and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.
KW  - Picture-word interference
KW  - Bayesian meta-analysis
KW  - distractor frequency
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221114644
SN  - 1747-0218
SN  - 1747-0226
VL  - 76
IS  - 6
SP  - 1410
EP  - 1430
PB  - Sage Publications
CY  - London
ER  -