Unconscious congruency priming from unpracticed words is modulated by prime-target semantic relatedness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 394-413

  Ortells, Juan J ^a   Marí Beffa, Paloma ^b   Plaza Ayllón, Vanesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congruency priming from novel words; Prime target semantic relatedness; Unconscious congruency priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883111402     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028876     Document Type: Article

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