Automatic semantic similarity priming
Automatic semantic similarity priming
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DOI:
10.1037/0278-7393.24.3.558
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发表时间:
1998-05-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Boisvert, S
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作者:
McRae, K;Boisvert, S
Words similar in meaning but not associated may not automatically prime one another (J.R. Shelton & R.C. Martin, 1992). This contradicts a central prediction of distributed models, necessitates questionable revisions of spreading activation and compound cue theories, and has led to the claim that automatic priming does not tap word meaning. Low item similarity was hypothesized to be the primary factor responsible for the previous null effects. Experiment 1 obtained priming with highly similar items using single and paired presentation with lexical and semantic decision tasks. Experiment 2 replicated Shelton and Martin to show that the results of Experiment 1 were not due to methodological factors. Experiment 3 showed priming for highly similar items for short and long SOAs, but for less similar items for a long SOA only. Thus, semantic similarity is an important aspect of semantic relatedness, and automatic priming does tap word meaning.