Figure 2.

Model Architecture. Activation of the target with a handshape neighbor (A) or location neighbor (B) was compared to activation of the target without a neighbor (C). Neighbors were considered to have a facilitatory effect on sign recognition if the target item with a neighbor (A,B) became active more quickly than the target item without a neighbor (C). Neighbors were considered to have an inhibitory effect if the target item with a neighbor became active more slowly than the target item without a neighbor.