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  • Semantic priming effects are extensively studied, with ongoing debate regarding their locus (lexical vs. postlexical).
  • Distinguishing between automatic lexical activation and postlexical effects is crucial for understanding word recognition.
  • Masked orthographic priming effects are generally considered lexical and automatic.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the locus of semantic priming effects in the lexical-decision task (LDT).
  • To differentiate the mechanisms of semantic priming from masked orthographic priming.
  • To determine if semantic primes influence lexical activation or postlexical response biases.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the lexical-decision task (LDT) with varying stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs).
  • Employed visible semantic primes and masked orthographic primes (nonwords and words).
  • Analyzed additivity of priming effects and distributional characteristics of response times.

Main Results:

  • Additivity of facilitative effects from visible semantic primes and masked orthographic nonword primes suggests a postlexical locus for semantic priming.
  • Semantic primes influenced the skew of response time distributions (affecting longer latency trials), unlike masked orthographic primes.
  • Visible semantic primes did not enhance the inhibitory effects of masked orthographic word primes on targets.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support a postlexical locus for semantic priming effects in the LDT.
  • Semantic primes appear to bias response selection rather than directly increasing lexical activation of related concepts.
  • The interaction between semantic and orthographic priming suggests distinct underlying mechanisms.