Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2008):

An investigation of time course of category and semantic priming.

Full Abstract

Low semantically similar exemplars in a category demonstrate the category-priming effect through priming of the category (i.e., exemplar-category-exemplar), whereas high semantically similar exemplars in the same category demonstrate the semantic-priming effect (i.e., direct activation of one high semantically similar exemplar by another). The author asked whether the category- and semantic-priming effects are based on a common memory process. She examined this question by testing the time courses of category- and semantic-priming effects. She tested participants on either category- or semantic-priming paradigm at 2 different time intervals (6 min and 42 min) by using a lexical decision task using exemplars from categories. Results showed that the time course of category priming was different from that of semantic priming. The author concludes that these 2 priming effects are based on 2 separate memory processes.

Author information

Author/s: Ray, Suchismita (S);

Affiliation: Center of Alcohol Studeis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA. shmita(-atsign-)rci.rutgers.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of general psychology (J Gen Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Apr; vol 135 (issue 2) : pp 133-48

Dates: Created 2008/05/29; Completed 2008/06/11;

PMID: 18507314, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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Cues Decision Making Humans Judgment Memory Mental Recall

Models, Psychological Paired-Associate Learning Reaction Time Recognition (Psychology) Semantics Time Factors

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