Covert operations: orthographic recoding as a basis for repetition priming in word identification.
When a word is generated from a semantic cue, coincident orthographic visualization of that word may cause priming on a subsequent perceptual identification test. A task was introduced that required subjects to visualize the orthographic pattern of auditorily presented words. When used at study, this task produced a pattern of priming similar to that produced by a generate study task. When used at test, equal priming on the orthographic task was produced by read and generate study tasks but not by a generate study task that failed to invite orthographic visualization. Priming on perceptually based word identification tests that results from a generate study episode may be largely due to orthographic recoding of the target rather than to conceptual processing.
Masson
Michael E J
ME
Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. mmasson@uvic.ca
MacLeod
Colin M
CM
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003071:Cognition; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D010153:Paired-Associate Learning; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D010700:Phonetics; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D011897:Random Allocation; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics; D012858:Size Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D014825:Vocabulary; D014936:Word Association Tests; D014956:Writing