Journal article
Forward versus backward semantic priming: What movement dynamics during lexical decision reveal
Sean HK Kang, Luke G Eglington, Melvin J Yap
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
Separate processes underlying forward (e.g., crescent MOON) and backward (e.g., office POST) priming have previously been inferred from button-press lexical decision response times, with an automatic prospective mechanism and a strategic retrospective mechanism presumed responsible for forward and backward priming, respectively. We tracked hand/mouse kinematics during lexical decision, and found that forward, backward, and symmetrical (e.g., cat DOG) priming exhibited different movement trajectories, with the effect of forward priming emerging earlier than that of backward priming and with symmetrical priming taking the lead around the time when the backward priming effect came online. The f..
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