In five experiments we explored the semantic interference effect in verb production with the picture-word interference paradigm. Experiments 1 and 2 addressed whether there is an effect of semantically related distractors on gerundial verb production. In Experiments 3 - 5, we explored the effect in naming verbs in the third person singular form and in sentence production. The semantic interference effect was found in four of the five experiments and appears to be smaller for transitive than intransitive verbs. The results are discussed in the context of models of the semantic interference effect in lexical access.
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