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Verbal ability modulates the associative neighbors effect.

Inbal Ron-Kaplan1, Avishai Henik

  • 1Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. inbalro@bgu.ac.il

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|June 5, 2007
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The number of associative neighbors (ANs) influences word priming, especially for those with lower verbal ability. High verbal ability individuals showed consistent priming, unlike low verbal ability students who were slower with many ANs.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Word Recognition

Background:

  • Associative neighbors (ANs) modulate associative priming.
  • Verbal ability may influence the impact of ANs on priming.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how a prime's ANs affect the priming effect in individuals with high versus low verbal ability.
  • To compare the role of ANs in word processing across different verbal ability levels.

Main Methods:

  • Lexical decision task.
  • Comparison of priming effects between high and low verbal ability student groups.
  • Analysis of AN influence on target word responses.

Main Results:

  • High verbal ability participants exhibited priming irrespective of ANs.

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  • Low verbal ability participants showed significant AN influence, with slower responses to targets following high-AN primes.
  • Stimulus onset asynchrony did not affect these findings.

    • Conclusions:

    • Verbal ability moderates the impact of associative neighbors on associative priming.
    • Findings suggest differential engagement of automatic and strategic word processing mechanisms based on verbal ability.
    • Implications for understanding word recognition and priming effects in diverse populations.