Masked inhibitory priming in english: evidence for lexical inhibition.

Full Abstract

Predictions derived from the interactive activation (IA) model were tested in 3 experiments using the masked priming technique in the lexical decision task. Experiment 1 showed a strong effect of prime lexicality:
Classifications of target words were facilitated by orthographically related nonword primes (relative to unrelated nonword primes) but were inhibited by orthographically related word primes (relative to unrelated word primes). Experiment 2 confirmed IA's prediction that inhibitory priming effects are greater when the prime and target share a neighbor. Experiment 3 showed a minimal effect of target word neighborhood size (N) on inhibitory priming but a trend toward greater inhibition when nonword foils were high-N than when they were low-N. Simulations of 3 different versions of the IA model showed that the best fit to the data is produced when lexical inhibition is selective and when masking leads to reset of letter activities.Copyright 2006 APA

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Author information

Author/s: Davis, Colin J (CJ); Lupker, Stephen J (SJ);

Affiliation: Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. colin.davis(-atsign-)bristol.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance (J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 32 (issue 3) : pp 668-87

Dates: Created 2006/07/06; Completed 2006/11/20;

PMID: 16822131, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology
Perceptual Masking - physiology
Reaction Time
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