Masked Priming of Orthographic Neighbors: An Examination of the Lexical Competition Assumption

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Lupker ◽  
Colin J. Davis ◽  
Jason R. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Masked Priming ◽  
Lexical Competition ◽  
Orthographic Neighbors

Masked Priming From Orthographic Neighbors: An Event-Related Potential Investigation

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Massol ◽  
Jonathan Grainger ◽  
Stephane Dufau ◽  
Philip J. Holcomb
Keyword(s):  
Masked Priming ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Orthographic Neighbors

Masked priming from orthographic neighbors: An ERP investigation.

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Massol ◽  
Jonathan Grainger ◽  
Stéphane Dufau ◽  
Phillip Holcomb
Keyword(s):  
Masked Priming ◽  
Orthographic Neighbors

scholarly journals Integrating Orthographic Information Across Time and Space

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Snell ◽  
Daisy Bertrand ◽  
Martijn Meeter ◽  
Jonathan Grainger
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Temporal Integration ◽  
Masked Priming ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
Spatial Integration ◽  
Unrelated Control ◽  
Lexical Representations ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Orthographic Neighbors

Abstract. Research has suggested that the word recognition process is influenced by the integration of orthographic information across words. The precise nature of this integration process may vary, however, depending on whether words are in temporal or spatial proximity. Here we present a lexical decision experiment, designed to compare temporal and spatial integration processes more directly. Masked priming was used to reveal effects of temporal integration, while the flanker paradigm was used to reveal effects of spatial integration. Primes/flankers were high-frequency orthographic neighbors of the target (blue-blur) or unrelated control words (head-blur). We replicated prior observations of inhibition in trials where the neighbor was used as a masked prime, while facilitation was observed in trials where the neighbor was presented as flanker. We conclude that sub-lexical orthographic information is integrated both temporally and spatially, but that spatial information is used to segregate lexical representations activated by spatially distinct sources.

scholarly journals Phonological precision for word recognition in skilled readers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Medhat Elsherif ◽  
Linda Wheeldon ◽  
Steven Frisson
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Masked Priming ◽  
Inhibitory Effects ◽  
Lexical Competition ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Skilled Readers ◽  
Lexical Quality ◽  
Theories Of Reading

This study investigated individual differences in the neighbourhood density effect observed during the processing of written words. A masked priming experiment measured form priming for word and pseudoword targets from dense and sparse neighbourhoods in 84 university students. In addition, individual difference measures of language and cognitive processes were collected, and a principal component analysis was used to group these data into factors. We observed facilitatory form priming for words with a sparse neighbourhood and inhibitory form priming for words with a dense neighbourhood. A factor relating to phonological precision was positively related to priming effects for word targets with sparse neighbourhoods, but negatively related to priming effects for word targets with dense neighbourhoods. These results suggest that the component of phonological precision is linked to the inhibitory effects of lexical competition for word recognition. The implications for theories of reading skills, such as the Lexical Quality Hypothesis, are discussed.

Masked priming with orthographic neighbors: An ERP investigation

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Grainger ◽  
Stephanie Massol ◽  
Stephane Dufau ◽  
Phillip J. Holcomb
Keyword(s):  
Masked Priming ◽  
Orthographic Neighbors

Prime Proportion Affects Masked Priming of Fixed and Free-Choice Responses

2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 360-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen E. Bodner ◽  
Rehman Mulji
Keyword(s):  
Decision Process ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Masked Priming ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Previous Trial ◽  
Target Response ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Sequential Trial

Left/right “fixed” responses to arrow targets are influenced by whether a masked arrow prime is congruent or incongruent with the required target response. Left/right “free-choice” responses on trials with ambiguous targets that are mixed among fixed trials are also influenced by masked arrow primes. We show that the magnitude of masked priming of both fixed and free-choice responses is greater when the proportion of fixed trials with congruent primes is .8 rather than .2. Unconscious manipulation of context can thus influence both fixed and free choices. Sequential trial analyses revealed that these effects of the overall prime context on fixed and free-choice priming can be modulated by the local context (i.e., the nature of the previous trial). Our results support accounts of masked priming that posit a memory-recruitment, activation, or decision process that is sensitive to aspects of both the local and global context.

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