Semantic context redirects gaze to a word’s meaning only in natural, not degraded, speech.

Evidence

For the fixations to the semantic distractor, as significant emerged the interactions between Context and Presentation and the intercept of the curve (χ 2(3) = 2268.6 p < 0.001), the interaction with the quadratic term (χ 2(3) = 337.25, p < 0.001), the interaction between the cubic term, (χ 2(3) = 69.41, p < 0.001), and the quartic term (χ 2(3) = 19.09, p < 0.05). These interactions reflect what can also be seen in a comparison of between NS and DS in Fig. 1 . Namely that in NS, listeners fixate the semantic competitor more often in the context sentences than in neutral context. This effect is absent for DS. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3986 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Spoken words are interpreted against a background of situational context, not in isolation. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1216; Semantic context changes fixations to semantic distractors only in natural speech; Semantic context boosts looks to distractor pictures only in clear speech — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3953 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Semantic context changes fixations to semantic distractors only in natural speech #expands (0.95)
• Semantic context boosts competitor fixations in natural speech but not degraded speech #expands (0.95) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3986