Mentor: Elizabeth Lydon, Ph.D.

Semantic competition refers to the phenomena in which multiple related meanings compete during language processing. The picture-word interference (PWI) task is a widely used paradigm for investigating semantic competition. The use of this task through the employment of eye-tracking provides a window into visual attention and may help reveal how control processes operate during semantic competition. For this project, an exploratory review of the literature relevant to eye-tracking, PWI, and cognitive control was conducted to gain awareness of relevant literature and subsequent gaps that require further insight.

Explore Project