Contextual Facilitation in a Letter Search Task Depends on How the Prime Is Processed.

Smith, Marilyn Chapnik

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Publication Date: 1979-May

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Contextual Facilitation in a Letter Search Task Depends on How the Prime Is Processed.

Smith, Marilyn Chapnik

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v5 n2 p239-51 May 1979

Contextual facilitation appears to depend upon the mode of analysis of the prime. If the prime is analyzed as a meaningful unit, facilitation occurs. However, if it is subjected to a more discrete, letter-by-letter analysis, the priming effect vanishes. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Paired Associate Learning, Responses, Technical Reports, Visual Stimuli, Word Recognition

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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