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The unbearable lightness of priming.
Craig P Speelman1, Terry A Simpson, Kim Kirsner
1School of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia. c.speelman@cowan.edu.au
Acta Psychologica
|September 14, 2002
Summary
Repetition priming from text to isolated words is observable, though smaller than word-to-word priming. This study confirms priming effects from both isolated words and text passages.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Experimental Psychology
Background:
- Repetition priming from text to isolated words has been challenging to demonstrate.
- Previous research may have used conditions that inherently reduce priming effects.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the conditions under which repetition priming from text to isolated words can be observed.
- To compare priming effects from text exposure versus isolated word exposure.
Main Methods:
- Experiment 1: Participants performed a lexical decision task after exposure to words in isolation and within text passages.
- Experiment 2: Assessed priming effects on words from a specific novel, comparing recent readers to non-readers.
Main Results:
- Priming was observed from both isolated words and text passages, with greater priming in the word-to-word condition.
- Evidence suggested faster lexical decisions for words from a recently read novel compared to controls.
Conclusions:
- Repetition priming from text to isolated words is possible, but typically of smaller magnitude than word-to-word priming.
- The findings align with models suggesting differences in priming based on exposure format.