When do nonwords activate semantics? Implications for models of visual word recognition.

Three lexical decision experiments examined the conditions in which nonwords activate semantics. Lexical decisions to targets (e.g., CAT) were faster when preceded by semantically related non-word primes (e.g., DEG derived from DOG) when the prime was brief and masked; this nonword priming effect w...

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Published in:Memory & Cognition Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 61 - 75
Main Authors: Bourassa, Derrick C., Besner, Derek
Format: Article
Published: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. January 1998
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        Semantics in the English language
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