Letter search does not affect semantic priming in a probe naming task

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Küper, Kristina ^a   Heil, Martin ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic semantic activation; Letter search; Prime task effect; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54149088623     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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