Context effects in repetition priming are sense effects
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 21 (5) , 619-626
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03197194
Abstract
This articlereports three experiments that investigate the role ofcontext in repetition priming using a lexical decision task. The experiments show that repetition priming is either eliminated or significantly reduced if a change in context also alters the perceived sense of a nonhomographic target word. If perceived sense is not altered, a change in context is inconsequential. This points to the important role played by perceived sense in repetition priming. An explanation within a sense-specific activation framework is proposed in preference to a modified processing view.Keywords
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