Conscious intention to speak proactively facilitates lexical access during overt object naming

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Summary

Comparing the brain's electrical response for a variable known to affect lexical access, namely word frequency, during overt object naming and non-verbal object categorization offers evidence that top-down intention to speak proactively facilitates the activation of words related to perceived objects.

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Published
2011-11-01
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Keywords

Psychology, Categorization, Lexical access, Object (grammar), Cognitive psychology

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