Adelman, James S. , Marquis, Suzanne J. and Sabatos-DeVito, Maura G. Word naming at the individual level. In: 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, USA, 19-22 Nov 2009. Published in: Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, Vol.14 p. 108.

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Abstract

Megastudies of visual word recognition—assessing large numbers of items averaged over individuals—are increasingly being used to test hypotheses and models. They are useful because they offer a more precise and powerful window onto the relevant cognitive processes than do item-selection designs. However, they are not without limitations, of which some relate to individual differences: Models are not asked to produce the full range of effect sizes produced by participants, and averaged curves do not always reproduce the curves in individual participant data. Models may therefore be asked to produce an (artifactual) functional form that is exhibited by no participant. Here, we present sufficient word naming data on 4 participants who may each be treated as a separate experiment. These data provide (1) evidence for individual differences, which suggests that some effects are not universal, and (2) more stringent R2 targets for models to meet.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Poster)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Word recognition -- Psychological aspects, Cognitive science, Human information processing, Perception
Journal or Publication Title:	Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society
Volume:	Vol.14
Page Range:	p. 108
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Conference Paper Type:	Poster
Title of Event:	50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Boston, USA
Date(s) of Event:	19-22 Nov 2009
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/37141

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