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Visual and Phonological Codes in Letter and Word Recognition: Evidence from Incremental Priming

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Ziegler, Johannes C., Ferrand, Ludovic, Jacobs, Arthur M., Rey, Arnaud, Grainger, Jonathan·2000·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A
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Critical issues in letter and word priming were investigated using the novel incremental priming technique. This technique adds a parametric manipulation of prime duration (or prime intensity) to the traditional design of a fast masked priming study. By doing so, additional information on the time course and nature of priming effects can be obtained. In Experiment 1, cross-case letter priming (a-A) was investigated in both alphabetic decision (letter/non-letter classification) and letter naming. In Experiment 2, cross-case word priming was investigated in lexical decision and naming. Whereas letter priming in alphabetic decision was most strongly determined by visual overlap between prime and target, word priming in lexical decision was facilitated by both orthographic and phonological information. Orthographic activation was stronger and occurred earlier than phonological activation. In letter and word naming, in contrast, priming effects were most strongly determined by phonological/articulatory information. Differences and similarities between letter and word recognition are discussed in the light of the incremental priming data.

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    “This differential time-course of effects has been revealed on several occasions in studies of masked orthographic and phonological priming (Ferrand and Grainger, 1994; Ziegler et al., 2000).”

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Authors
Ziegler, J. C., Ferrand, L., Jacobs, A. M., Rey, A., & Grainger, J.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (DE)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • CNRS and Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
ORCID
Venue
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-08
Volume
53
Issue
3
Pages
671-692
ISSN
  • 0272-4987 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-0740
DOI
10.1080/713755906
OpenAlex
W2127383874
Cited by
113
References
2
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FWCI
5.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
Keywords
word priming, visual codes, phonological code, letter recognition, word recognition, orthographic activation, phonological activation, letter naming, lexical decision, masked priming, prime duration
MeSH terms
Adult, Cues, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Memory, Models, Psychological, Perceptual Masking, Phonetics, Recognition, Psychology

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