Orgs, Guido; Lange, Kathrin; Dombrowski, Jan-Henryk and Heil, Martin. 2008. N400-effects to task-irrelevant environmental sounds: further evidence for obligatory conceptual processing. Neuroscience Letters, 436(2), pp. 133-7. ISSN 0304-3940 [Article]

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We assessed conceptual priming for environmental sounds in two tasks using pairs of a visually presented word (prime) and an environmental sound (probe). In the physical task, participants indicated to which ear the sound was presented. In the semantic task, participants judged whether a word labeled a sound correctly. The physical always preceded the semantic task to exclude semantic carry-over effects. In both tasks prime word color indicated whether a response was required (Go/NoGo-trials). An N400-effect for unrelated vs. related sounds was observed in all four conditions resulting from the combination of both tasks with response requirement. However, the N400-effect was reduced in the physical task and in NoGo-trials. Hence, meaning of environmental sounds may be processed obligatorily. Both automatic and controlled processes mediate the analysis of sound meaning.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.005
Additional Information:	This study was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Keywords:	Semantic priming; Conceptual processing; N400; Environmental sounds; ERP; Automatic processing
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 9 May 2008 Published
Item ID:	18486
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2016 12:51
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2017 10:24
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/18486

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