Author, as appears in the article.: Haro J; Guasch M; Vallès B; Ferré P

Department: Psicologia

URV's Author/s: Ferré Romeu, Maria Pilar / Guasch Moix, Marc / Haro Rodriguez, Juan

Abstract: Previous word recognition studies have shown that the pupillary response is sensitive to word frequency. However, such pupillary effect may be due to the process of executing a response, instead of being an index of word processing. With the aim of exploring this possibility, we recorded the pupillary response in two experiments involving a lexical decision task (LDT). In the first experiment, participants completed a standard LDT, whereas in the second, they performed a delayed LDT. The delay in the response allowed us to compare pupil dilation with and without the response execution component. Results showed that pupillary response was modulated by word frequency both in the standard and the delayed LDT. This finding supports the reliability of using pupillometry for word recognition research. Importantly, our results also suggest that tasks that do not require a response during pupil recording lead to clearer and stronger effects.

Thematic Areas: Psychology, mathematical Psychology, experimental Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Medicina ii General psychology Experimental and cognitive psychology Enfermagem Educação física Developmental and educational psychology Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas ii Arts and humanities (miscellaneous)

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: marc.guasch@urv.cat juan.haro@urv.cat mariadelpilar.ferre@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-6898-120X 0000-0002-3456-4731 0000-0002-3192-0040

Record's date: 2023-03-05

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-016-0835-9

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Behavior Research Methods. 49 (5): 1930-1938

APA: Haro J; Guasch M; Vallès B; Ferré P (2017). Is pupillary response a reliable index of word recognition? Evidence from a delayed lexical decision task. Behavior Research Methods, 49(5), 1930-1938. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-016-0835-9

Article's DOI: 10.3758/s13428-016-0835-9

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2017

Publication Type: Journal Publications