A diffusion model account of masked versus unmasked priming: Are they qualitatively different?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1731-1740

  Gomez, Pablo ^a   Perea, Manuel ^b   Ratcliff, Roger ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Lexical decision; Priming; RT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884365953     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032333     Document Type: Article

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