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DERIVED STIMULUS RELATIONS, SEMANTIC PRIMING, AND EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS: TESTING A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF SEMANTIC NETWORKS

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Barnes-Holmes, Dermot, Staunton, Carmel, Whelan, Robert, Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne, Commins, Sean, Walsh, Derek, Stewart, Ian, Smeets, Paul M., Dymond, Simon·2005·Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
DOI 10.1901/jeab.2005.78-04PMC PMC1389774
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Derived equivalence relations, it has been argued, provide a behavioral model of semantic or symbolic meaning in natural language, and thus equivalence relations should possess properties that are typically associated with semantic relations. The present study sought to test this basic postulate using semantic priming. Across three experiments, participants were trained and tested in two 4-member equivalence relations using word-like nonsense words. Participants also were exposed to a single- or two-word lexical decision task, and both direct (Experiment 1) and mediated (Experiments 2 and 3) priming effects for reaction times and event-related potentials were observed within but not across equivalence relations. The findings support the argument that derived equivalence relations provides a useful preliminary model of semantic relations.

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  • Brain activation patterns show that priming within arbitrary stimulus relations in RFT tasks is relational, not merely associative.

    “brain activation patterns show that priming within arbitrary stimulus relations in RFT tasks is relational, not merely associative”

    From Acceptance and commitment therapy: model, processes and outcomes (2006) · cites this paper as Barnes-Holmes et al., 2005

    The ERP Measures section (page unavailable) reports that the N400 distinguished directly trained, derived-equivalent, and nonequivalent stimulus pairs, providing evidence of mediated priming in derived relations. The General Discussion (page unavailable) says this priming was not limited to directly trained pairs. But the paper does not establish that the effect is relational rather than associative in the broader sense; it also discusses priming as an associative process. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Metadata

Authors
Barnes-Holmes, D., Staunton, C., Whelan, R., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Commins, S., Walsh, D., Stewart, I., Smeets, P. M., & Dymond, S.
Affiliations
University College Dublin (IE)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-11
Volume
84
Issue
3
Pages
417-433
ISSN
0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1901/jeab.2005.78-04
PMC
PMC1389774
OpenAlex
W2057802743
Cited by
98
References
51
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FWCI
5.62
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Keywords
semantic priming, semantic networks, lexical decision, event-related potentials, nonsense words, reaction time
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Brain Mapping, Cues, Decision Making, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Feedback, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Models, Psychological, Nerve Net, Paired-Associate Learning, Phonetics, Psychological Theory, Psychophysics, Reaction Time, Semantics, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Symbolism

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