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lexical decision task

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lexical decision task
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(Psychology) Psychol an experimental task in which subjects have to decide as fast as possible whether a given letter string is a word
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We adopted two approaches to measuring the effects of subliminal priming on cognitive processes, one using picture classification (Study 2) and one using a lexical decision task (Study 3).
Does subliminal exposure to sexual stimuli have the same effects on ... by Shaver, Phillip R. / The Journal of Sex Research
Reaction times obtained for these nonwords in a lexical decision task revealed that participants took longer to reject nonwords composed of two words and nonwords in which the leftmost constituent was a word than they did nonwords consisting of two nonword constituents or those in which the rightmost constituent was a word.
Lexical-level representation of morphologically complex words: ... by Cieslicka, Anna / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
We chose the lexical decision task (LDT), in which subjects must decide whether or not a string of letters form a real English word (CAT) or an orthographically legal pseudoword (BLANT).
Evidence of strategic processing during word recognition by Ferraro, F. Richard; Bohlman, Danielle; Allery, Chris; Cofer, Josh / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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