{"pk":29542,"title":"Role of Working Memory in Language Activation during Visual Scene Processing","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The current study examined the role of working memory in language activation during visual processing. Twenty-sixnative English speakers searched for a visual target while completing a concurrent linguistic memory task, a concurrentspatial memory task, or in the absence of dual-task demands. Linguistic activation was measured by comparing visualfixations to phonologically-overlapping items and control items whose names did not overlap with the target. Participantsexperienced significant phonological competition across all conditions, but memory load impacted the timing of competitorco-activation (delayed and more sustained under spatial load), as well as the magnitude (attenuated under both spatial andlinguistic loads) compared to the no-load condition. We conclude that linguistic representations are accessed duringvisual search even with concurrent cognitive loads, but that working memory influences the degree of language-basedcompetition, possibly by modulating the activation and maintenance of linguistic and spatial information.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Poster Session 1","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74n2312g","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sarah","middle_name":"","last_name":"Chabal","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Matias","middle_name":"","last_name":"Fernandez-Duque","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Sayuri","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hayakawa","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University","department":""},{"first_name":"Viorica","middle_name":"","last_name":"Marian","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2020-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/29542/galley/19402/download/"}]}