Visual and semantic factors in recognition from long-term memory
Open Access
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 3 (4) , 381-384
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03212928
Abstract
In recognition tests, physical and semantic relationships between targets and distractors have been shown, in separate manipulations, to affect the latency of subject’s decision. Recognition was tested for distractors which were visually similar or dissimilar to targets and which belonged to the target categories or to nontarget categories in order to examine the interaction of these dimensions. Rejection latency was longer for target category than for nontarget category distractors. Latency was also longer for visually similar than visually dissimilar distractors, but only when combined with target category probes. This interaction can be explained by the hypothesis that word recognition depends on the analysis of several dimensions of the probe stimulus, and rejection can occur before all such analyses have been completed.Keywords
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