Multiple Word Meanings and Lexical Search Speed.

Jastrzembski, James E.; Stanners, Robert F.

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Multiple Word Meanings and Lexical Search Speed

Jastrzembski, James E.; Stanners, Robert F.

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 14, 5, 534-537, Oct 75

A task required subjects to make a word-nonword decision to visually presented items--words with a high or low number of meanings or lawful nonwords. Words with several meanings produced shorter decision times, indicating that words with multiple meanings have multiple memory entries. (CHK)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Memory, Psychological Testing, Recall (Psychology), Semantics, Verbal Learning, Vocabulary Skills, Word Lists, Word Recognition

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