Ambiguity and relatedness effects in semantic tasks: Are they due to semantic coding?

According to parallel distributed processing (PDP) models of visual word recognition, the speed of semantic coding is modulated by the nature of the orthographic-to-semantic mappings. Consistent with this idea, an ambiguity disadvantage and a relatedness-of-meaning (ROM) advantage have been reported...

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Published in:	Journal of Memory & Language Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 247 - 274
Main Authors:	Hino, Yasushi, Pexman, Penny M., Lupker, Stephen J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. August 2006
Subjects:	Meaning (Psychology) Word recognition Ambiguity Japanese language Semantics Modern languages
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