Demonstrating semantic priming without using primes
by Wang, Shu, M.A., RICE UNIVERSITY, 2008, 43 pages; 1455295

Abstract:

Whether priming can occur in the absence of prime identification is a long debated question. The standard priming paradigm used to explore the issue has been criticized on methodological grounds. The present study introduces a new paradigm, in which there is no prime per se, only targets. Both words in a pair were presented for every-increasing durations until one was identified. Experiments 1 through 6 demonstrated highly reliable priming when the words were presented with no delay between them and when a mask of from 33 ms to 500 ms intervened between them. However, the priming effect declined as the delay increased and was non-significant at a full second. Results from Experiment 7 showed no effect of the proportion of related words on the size of the priming effect. However, an analysis of errors indicated that partial identification may play a role in the priming effect with this paradigm.

 
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SchoolRICE UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 46-06, p. , Aug 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsLinguistics; Cognitive psychology
Publication Number1455295
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