Picture-word interference is a Stroop effect: A theoretical analysis and new empirical findings.

The picture-word interference (PWI) paradigm and the Stroop color-word interference task are often assumed to reflect the same underlying processes. On the basis of a PRP study, Dell'Acqua et al. (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14: 717-722, 2007) argued that this assumption is incorrect.

In defense of the lexical-competition account of picture-word interference: a comment on Finkbeiner and Caramazza (2006).

On the basis of two empirical observations, Finkbeiner and Caramazza (2006) take issue with the generally accepted interpretation of semantic interference in the picture-word interference task in terms of lexical competition. As an alternative, they propose a response-selection account, in which semantic interference is attributed to the time needed to remove the inappropriate (word-reading) response from an output buffer. In this comment we argue that the empirical work discussed provides an interesting challenge for current models of language production, but that the authors' alternative account is at variance with at least three robust empirical findings in the language production literature.

Response selection in visual search: the influence of response compatibility of nontargets.

The authors used visual search tasks in which components of the classic flanker task (B. A. Eriksen & C.