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You are carrying out an eye-tracking experiment using this display, similar to one used in Allopenna et al. (1998). The longer eye fixation on the parrot compared to the nickel at the prompt Pick up the carrot is best explained by the
A) cohort model.
B) McGurk effect.
C) Ganong effect.
D) TRACE model.

Question

Refer to the figure.
 You are carrying out an eye-tracking experiment using this display, similar to one used in Allopenna et al. (1998). The longer eye fixation on the parrot compared to the nickel at the prompt Pick up the carrot is best explained by the
A) cohort model. 
B) McGurk effect. 
C) Ganong effect. 
D) TRACE model.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The TRACE model explains longer fixation on the parrot compared to the nickel as a result of competition between multiple activated lexical candidates, where the more frequent candidate (parrot) wins and receives a longer fixation.

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