The role of orthographic neighbourhood effects in lateralized lexical decision: a replication study and meta-analysis

The effect of orthographic neighbourhood size (N) on lexical decision reaction time differs when words are presented in the left or right visual fields. Evidence suggests a facilitatory N (i.e., faster times for with larger neighbourhoods) field. However, field remains controversial: it may have weaker facilitative role even be inhibitory. In pre-registered online experiment, we replicated interaction between and provided support an inhibitory We subsequently conducted systematic review meta-analysis to synthesise available evidence determine direction effects across Based evidence, would seem is Furthermore, considerably smaller Both studies revealed considerable heterogeneity participants studies, consider implications this future work.