The Pros and Cons of Masked Priming
Author: Forster K.I.
Source: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Volume 27, Number 2, March 1998 , pp. 203-233(31)
Publisher: Springer
Abstract:
Masked priming paradigms offer the promise of tapping automatic, strategy-free lexical processing, as evidenced by the lack of expectancy disconfirmation effects, and proportionality effects in semantic priming experiments. But several recent findings suggest the effects may be prelexical. These findings concern nonword priming effects in lexical decision and naming, the effects of mixed-case presentation on nonword priming, and the dependence of priming on the nature of the distractors in lexical decision, suggesting possible strategy effects. The theory underlying each of these effects is discussed, and alternative explanations are developed that do not preclude a lexical basis for masked priming effects.
Language: English
Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: 1: University of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, Tucson, Arizona, 85721-0068
Publication date: 1998-03-01
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- In this Subject: Computer Science , Neurology & Psychiatry , Language & Linguistics
- By this author: Forster K.I.

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