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Ps414 What factors influence how easily a particular spoken word is recognised? How and when do these factors play a role in the process of spoken word recognition, according to the cohort model? Recognition is defined in the dictionary as "to know again from ones previous experience". Spoken word recognition is an area of psychology that has had much research investigated into it, not only in recognising particular words printed and spoken but also how all the information that relates to a word becomes available. Many studies have been conducted and many theories have been produced to explain issues in spoken word recognition. One Model that has been created is The Cohort Model that was proposed by Marslen-Wilson (1973,1975). This model is a localist model and was founded around the principle that as we hear words in speech, we set up a cohort of probable items the word could be. Then items...

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