Phonemic priming in the lexical decision task : Evidence for graphemic dependence

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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, Randi C.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLane, David M.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHowell, William C.en_US
dc.creatorJensen, Cary Robben_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:32:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:32:17Zen_US
dc.date.issued1985en_US
dc.description.abstractHillinger (198) reported that a target word was identified as a real word faster when it was preceded by a phonetically related prime than by a neutral prime. He found that this facilitation occurred even when the prime and target were graphemically dissimilar. On the basis of this he concluded that activation spread automatically from the lexical entry of the prime to phonologically related lexical entries. The series of experiments reported in this thesis were designed to investigate several aspects of Hillinger's experiments. Hillinger's findings were replicated when his design was employed. Further investigations showed that minor variations in this design resulted in very different patterns of facilitation and inhibition. While it was demonstrated that lexical decisions to word targets are facilitated, apparently automatically, when the targets are preceded by graphemically similar-phonemically similar primes, no such facilitation was observed when graphemically dissimilar-graphemically similar primes were used. These results were found even when subjects were required to access the phonology of the primes. It was concluded that phonetic facilitation is the result of a process of structure that is based both on phonology and orthography.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Psych. 1985 Jensenen_US
dc.identifier.citationJensen, Cary Robb. "Phonemic priming in the lexical decision task : Evidence for graphemic dependence." (1985) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104813">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104813</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2452en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104813en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titlePhonemic priming in the lexical decision task : Evidence for graphemic dependenceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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