Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Public Library of Science
School
School of Psychology and Social Science
RAS ID
20238
Abstract
It has been suggested that unmasked repetition priming is composed of distinct long-and short-term priming components. The current study sought to clarify the relationship between these components by examining the relationship between them. A total of 60 people (45 females, 15 males) participated in a computer-based lexical decision task designed to measure levels of short-term priming across different levels of long-term priming. The results revealed an interdependent relationship between the two components, whereby an increase in long-term priming prompted a decrease in short-term priming. Both long-term and short-term priming were accurately captured by a single power function over seven minutes post repetition, suggesting the two components may draw on the same resources. This interdependence between long- and short-term priming may serve to improve fluency in reading. © 2015 Merema, Speelman. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0144747
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Merema, M. R., & Speelman, C. P. (2015). The Interdependence of Long- and Short-Term Components in Unmasked Repetition Priming: An Indication of Shared Resources. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0144747. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144747.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144747