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lexical decision task  

Definition

  • Deciding whether the sequence of letters presented is a word or a nonword. Used especially in indirect tests of memory.

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  • lexical decision

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • 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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