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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • Masked priming is crucial for understanding early word recognition.
  • Its application in young readers needs further mechanistic exploration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate masked priming effects in early readers using computational modeling.
  • To differentiate between competing theories of reading development.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a masked priming experiment with second and fourth graders using identity primes.
  • Analyzed response time data through an evidence accumulation (diffusion) model lens.
  • Utilized Bayes factors to compare theoretical models.

Main Results:

  • Identified priming effects as 'savings' in response time distributions, linked to encoding processes.
  • Observed savings numerically close to stimulus onset asynchrony.
  • Found priming effects remained stable from second to fourth grade.
  • Demonstrated priming operates at an abstract orthographic level, irrespective of case matching.

Conclusions:

  • Early reading development shows consistent masked priming effects, indicating abstract orthographic processing.
  • Findings inform the interpretation of developmental data transformations, warning against spurious effects.