Context effects in repetition priming are sense effects.
This article reports three experiments that investigate the role of context in repetition priming using a lexical decision task. The experiments show that repetition priming is either eliminated or significantly reduced if a change in context also alters the perceived sense of a nonhomographic target word. If perceived sense is not altered, a change in context is inconsequential. This points to the important role played by perceived sense in repetition priming. An explanation within a sense-specific activation framework is proposed in preference to a modified processing view.
Bainbridge
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Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019-0535.
Lewandowsky
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Kirsner
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D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D012660:Semantics; D014825:Vocabulary