Premium
An event‐related potentials study of face naming: Evidence of phonological retrieval deficit in the tip‐of‐the‐tongue state
Author(s) -
Buján Ana,
GaldoÁlvarez Santiago,
Lindín Mónica,
Díaz Fernando
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01374.x
Subject(s) - tip of the tongue , psychology , event related potential , cognitive psychology , electrophysiology , face (sociological concept) , task (project management) , electroencephalography , audiology , communication , linguistics , tongue , neuroscience , medicine , philosophy , management , economics
A famous‐face naming task was used to establish the electrophysiological characterization of the tip‐of‐the‐tongue ( TOT ) state, successful naming ( K ), and nonrecognition ( DK ). The differences in the direct event‐related potentials ( ERPs ) and in the lateralized readiness potential between those categories were studied. The ERP correlates of recognition and access to semantic and lexical information were similar between K and TOT , but showed amplitude differences with respect to DK . A delayed onset of the response selection was obtained in TOT in comparison with K , suggesting an insufficient activation of phonological information from 360 ms onwards. The continuous search for the name and the conflict monitoring in TOT led to differences in ERP amplitudes between TOT and the other categories from 750 ms onwards as well as to a delayed onset of response preparation, indicating a continuous engagement of processing resources.