Formal relationships among words and the organization of the mental lexicon.
| Number | 575 |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Drawer | 10 |
| Entry Date | 11/17/1999 |
| Authors | Napps, S. E., & Fowler, C. A. |
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| Publication | Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Vol. 16, No. 3, 257-272. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0575.pdf |
| Abstract | Examined the role of orthography in the organization of the mental lexicon. The 1st 2 experiments found formal priming at stimulus onset asynchronies of 1,650 msec and less. However, reducing the proportion of related primes and targets reduced formal priming. It was thus suggested that the formal priming was only apparent and due to strategic inhibition of responses to unrelated prime-target pairs. The final experiment reduced the proportion of responses to related targets further and examined formal priming at lags of 0, 1, 3, and 10. No formal priming was found. Data indicate that the formal priming was due to changes in levels of inhibitory priming in comparison conditions. It is concluded that evidence for an orthographic or phonological organization of the lexicon is not obtainable using priming procedures. |
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