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Semantic priming with abstract and concrete words: differential asymmetry may be postlexical.
Brain Lang. 1987 May; 31(1):43-60.BL

Abstract

We investigated whether abstract and concrete words would be differentially effective in priming lexical decisions to words presented to the right and left visual fields. Under low probability prime conditions, where priming is presumed to reflect a spreading activation process within the lexicon, equivalent priming was obtained in each VF for both abstract and concrete primes. However, when the same words were used in a high probability prime paradigm, abstract primes were much less effective in the LVF than in the RVF, while priming with concrete words did not differ across the visual fields. Since such priming may reflect a postlexical semantic integration stage, the results imply that hemisphere differences for processing abstract and concrete words may arise only after lexical access has occurred, when semantic information retrieved from the lexicon becomes available for subsequent processing.

Authors

Chiarello C
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Senehi J
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Nuding S
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MeSH

AdultConcept FormationDominance, CerebralFemaleHumansMalePaired-Associate LearningReaction TimeSemantics

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

3580839

Citation

Chiarello, C, et al. "Semantic Priming With Abstract and Concrete Words: Differential Asymmetry May Be Postlexical." Brain and Language, vol. 31, no. 1, 1987, pp. 43-60.
Chiarello C, Senehi J, Nuding S. Semantic priming with abstract and concrete words: differential asymmetry may be postlexical. Brain Lang. 1987;31(1):43-60.
Chiarello, C., Senehi, J., & Nuding, S. (1987). Semantic priming with abstract and concrete words: differential asymmetry may be postlexical. Brain and Language, 31(1), 43-60.
Chiarello C, Senehi J, Nuding S. Semantic Priming With Abstract and Concrete Words: Differential Asymmetry May Be Postlexical. Brain Lang. 1987;31(1):43-60. PubMed PMID: 3580839.
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