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Automatic activation of episodic information in a semantic memory task.

G McKoon, R Ratcliff

    Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
    |January 1, 1986
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    Newly learned word associations can prime each other, even with short presentation times. This challenges previous research, showing that recent learning impacts word recognition.

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    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Psycholinguistics
    • Memory Research

    Background:

    • Investigated the phenomenon of priming in lexical decision tasks.
    • Examined the distinction between priming of newly learned versus well-established associations.
    • Addressed prior research suggesting limitations on priming for recent associative learning.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To determine if newly learned associates can prime each other.
    • To assess if this priming effect occurs under conditions of short stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA).
    • To evaluate the impact of low association probability on priming of new associates.

    Main Methods:

    • Conducted four experiments using the lexical decision task.
    • Manipulated stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) between prime and target words.
    • Varied the probability of prime-target association within the experimental pairs.

    Main Results:

    • Consistently observed priming effects between newly learned associates across all four experiments.
    • Demonstrated priming even with a short SOA of 150 ms.
    • Found priming effects persisted under conditions of low association probability (1/12).

    Conclusions:

    • Newly learned associates are capable of priming each other.
    • This priming effect is observable even at short stimulus onset asynchronies.
    • Findings contradict previous assertions regarding the limitations of priming for recent associative learning.

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