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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Computational techniques analyze word usage in large language corpora.
  • Semantic priming investigates how word association influences perception.
  • Co-occurrence frequency quantifies how often words appear together.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if word co-occurrence frequency from corpora enhances semantic priming.
  • To compare this effect in conscious versus subliminal priming.
  • To relate findings to semantic network models.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted: one with conscious semantic priming, one with subliminal semantic priming.
  • Participants were exposed to unrelated, frequent co-occurring, and infrequent co-occurring word pairs.
  • Stimulus-onset asynchrony (SOA) was set at 166 ms for conscious and 66 ms for subliminal priming.

Main Results:

  • A significant semantic priming effect was found in the conscious priming experiment for both related contexts.
  • The conscious priming effect was greater for word pairs with higher co-occurrence frequency.
  • No significant priming effect was observed in the subliminal priming experiment.

Conclusions:

  • Word co-occurrence frequency boosts pure semantic priming effects.
  • The effect of co-occurrence frequency is dependent on the level of conscious awareness.
  • Findings support and refine existing models of semantic networks.