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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > priming effect > semantic priming effect

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semantic priming effect  

Definition

  • Type of priming during which the processing of a word is facilitated by the prior processing of a semantically-related word.

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Entry terms

  • conceptual priming
  • semantic priming

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Heyman, T., Bruninx, A., Hutchison, K. A., & Storms, G. (2018). The (un)reliability of item-level semantic priming effects. Behavior Research Methods, 50(6), 2173–2183. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1040-9

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Hutchison, K. A. (2003). Is semantic priming due to association strength or feature overlap? A microanalytic review. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10(4), 785‑813. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196544

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • McNamara, T. P. (2005). Semantic priming: Perspectives from memory and word recognition. Psychology Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • McNamara, T. P. (2013). Semantic memory and priming. In A. F. Healy, R. W. Proctor, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology, Vol. 4: Experimental psychology (2nd ed.). (pp. 449–471). John Wiley & Sons Inc.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Meyer, D. E., & Schvaneveldt, R. W. (1971). Facilitation in recognizing pairs of words: Evidence of a dependence between retrieval operations. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 90(2), 227-234. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0031564

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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